MILITARY  HISTORY 


123d  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry, 


EDITED  BY 


C.    M.    KEYES, 

1st  Lieutenant  123d  Reg.  O.  V.  I.j 


SANDUSKY: 

REGISTER    STEAM    PRESS,    SANDUSKY    OHIO. 
1874. 


PREFACE. 


In  consenting  to  write  the  history  .of  the  organization, 
and  the  marches,  skirmishes,  battles  and  deeds  of  our 
brave  old  regiment,  at  this  late  date,  is,  I  know,  accept 
ing  an  undertaking  from  which  anyone  might  well  shrink; 
and  yet  to  preserve  on  record  the  dear  old  story,  the 
task  has  been  cheerfully  attempted. 

It  is  not  expected  that  this  book  will  be  of  interest  to 
the  general  reader;  to  those  only  who  participated  in,  or 
followed  with  loving  eyes,  its  fortunes,  will  the  dry  details, 
which  must  necessarily  often  enter  into  its  composition, 
be  interesting,  and  without  apology  to  the  officers  and 
men,  of  the  i23d  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  this  book  is 
offered  as  a  true  record  of  their  soldier  life. 

C.  M.  KEYES. 

SANDUSKY,  OHIO,  July,  1874. 


DEDICATION. 


To  the  noble  dead  of  our  old  battleworn  regiment,  wheth 
er  sleeping  in  unknown  graves,  on  southern  battlefields, 
or  by  the  dark  prison  pens,  where  only  the  sighing  pines 
may  chaunt  their  requiem,  or  it  may  be  in  the  quiet 
churchyards  of  our  own  bright  northland,  to  their  wid 
ows  and  orphans  who  mourn  in  sorrow  for  their  bright 
noble  ones  who  will  never  more  return  ;  to  the  maimed 
and  crippled  ones,  limping  throughout  the  land,  their 
heroism  saved,  these  pages  are  sacredly  dedicated. 

AUTHOR. 


MILITARY    HISTORY 

OF  THE 

123d  Regt.  O.  "V.  I. 


ORGANIZATION  OF  REGIMENT. CALL  UNDER  WHICH  IT  WAS 

RECRUITED. — ORGANIZATION  OF     EACH    COMPANY 

AND    BY    WHOM    RECRUITED. MUSTER  IN 

ROLL  OF  EACH    COMPANY,  ALSO  OF 
FIELD     AND     STAFF. 


CHAPTER      I. 


The  1 2  3d  Regiment  was  organized  under  the  second 
call  for  six  hundred  thousand  troops,  and  was  recruited 
during  the  months  of  August  and  September,  1862,  in 
the  counties  of  Erie,  Huron,  Seneca,  Crawford  and 
Wyandotte,  and  was  rendezvoused  at  Monroeville, 
Huron  county,  Ohio ;  some  companies  arriving  late  in 
August,  while  all  were  in  camp  early  in  September. 
Gen.  J.  A.  Jones  was  post  commander,  and  assigned 
companies  to  their  quarters  as  they  arrived,  saw  that 
they  were  properly  subsisted,  &c.  All  the  companies/ 


6  1230   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 

except  K,  were  mustered  into  the  United  States  Service 
by  Capt.  E.  W.  H.  Read  of  the  8th  U.  S.  Infantry,  on 
the  24th  and  2gth  days  of  September  ;  company  K  was 
mustered  in  by  Capt.  Chas.  C.  Goddard  of  the  iyth 
Infantry,  on  the  i6th  of  October,  the  day  we  left  for 
the  seat  of  war. 

Company  A.  was  recruited  in  Wyandotte  county  by 
Capt.  J.  W.  Chamberlin,  and  was  mustered  into  the  ser 
vice  at  Monroeville,  Ohio,  September  24,  as  follows: 

CAPTAIN, 

JOHN  W.  CHAMBERLIN. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

VILL  R.  DAVIS. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

ANDREW  R.  INGERSON. 


SERGEANTS. 


ist.  James  B.  Pumphrey,         4th.  Joseph  Roll, 
2d.  William  F.  Bason,  5th.  James  H.  Boroff, 

3d.  Henry  S.  Kaley. 


CORPORALS. 


ist.  Stephan  A.  McKinzie,  5th.  William  S.  Rifenberry, 

2d.  Daniel  W.  Nichols,  6th.  Reuben  W.  Smith, 

3d    Edward  P.  Cozier,  yth.  William  H.  Eyestone, 

4th.  Nathaniel  L.  Robinson,  8th.  Benjamin  R.  Reynolds. 


MUSICIANS. 
Ru.fus  W.  Lundy,  John  Emerson, 


omo  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


TEAMSTER. 

Able  S.  Thompson. 

PRIVATES. 


ANDERSON,  JOHN  S. 
ANDERSON,  FRANCIS  M. 
BATES,  EDWARD  G. 
BAKER,  DAVID 
BEAR,  JACOB  C. 
BOWER,  JARVIS  W. 
BUR  NET,  THOMAS  C. 
CAROTHERS,  ALEXANDER 
CLINGER,  JACOB 
COLE,  STEPHEN  C. 
CORWIN,  ABIJAH 
CRITES,  WILLIAM  H. 
CROSS,  JOHN  R. 
DAVIS,  JOHN 
DAVIS,  ALEXANDER 
DAVIS,  GEORGE  W. 
DEBAUCH,  ADAM 
DEMAREST,  DAVID  P. 
DRUM,  CHARLES  B. 
EMFFAGE,  ELIJAH  G. 
ELLIS,  WILLIAM  M. 
ELLIS,  JOHN 
EWART,  ROBERT  L 
EYESTONE,  FERNANDO 
FROST,  ALBERT 
FROST,  ELI 
GIPSON,  DAVID 
GREGG,  JAMES 
HARRIS,  FRANCIS  M. 
HECKERTHORN,  SIMON  C. 
HECKERTHORN,  JOHN  O. 
HILDRETH,  WILLIAM  J. 
HOYSINGTON,  GEORGE  P. 
HUMBERT.  WILLIAM  K. 
HUNTER,  HENRY  I. 
INMAN,  WALCOM 
INMAN,  DANIEL  H. 
INGERSON,  AMBROSE 
KARR,  HENRY  W. 
KEMP,  ISAAC  W. 
KENNEDY,  AARON 


KING,  HENRY  P. 
KING,  CHARLES  M. 
LEEPER,  FRANCIS 
LONG,  HIRAM 
MICHAELS,  ISAAC 
MILLER,  THOMAS  A. 
MCMILLER,  HENRY  M. 
MINCER,  DAVID 
NEAL,  BARTON  O. 
NIEBEL,  JOHN  H. 
PALMER,  HENRY 
PARLET,  JOHN 
PARSONS,  SIDNEY  M. 
PRICE,  ISAAC 

RlCKENBACH,    L.EVI 

ROBINSON,  FRANKLIN 

RUMMELL,  RlNEER  V. 
RUMMELL,  EZEKIEL 

SEARS,  JEDEDIAH 
SHANNON,  JAMES 
SMITH,  GEORGE  B. 
SMITH,  GEORGE 
SMITH.  MCKENDREE 
STANSBERRY,  HARVEY 
SUBER,  JOHN 
SWITZER,  JACOB 
TEAL,  JACOB 
TERRY,  DAVID  D. 
THOMPSON,  THOMAS  C. 
THOMPSON,  JOHN 
THOMPSON,  DAVID 
TRACY,  BYAL 
VAN  BUREN,  EZRA  H. 
WALTERS,  WILLIAM 
WENTZ,  JOHN 
WILCOX,  LUTHER  L, 
WILKINS,  JACOB 
WILSON,  LEVI  L. 
WOOD,  SILAS 
WOODRAUGH,  THOMAS 
ZEIGLER,  LAFAYETTE  M. 


Total,   101. 


8  t23D  OHIO   VOLU'Nl'EKR   INFANTRY, 

Company  B  was  recruited  in  Huron  county  by  Capt. 
Horace  Kellogg,  with  headquarters  at  Norwalk.  The 
company  was  full  by  the  25th  of  August,  and  after  re 
maining  in  Norwalk* for  a  time,  went  into  camp  at  Mon- 
roeville  early  in  September,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  on  the  24th,  as  follows: 

CAPTAIN, 

HORACE  KELLOGG. 

1ST   LIEUTENANT, 

JOHN  F.  RANDOLPH. 

2D    LIEUTENANT, 

CALEB  D.  WILLIAMS. 

SEARGENTS. 

ist.  George  J.  Frith,  4th.  Harrie  E.  Smith, 

2d.   Eugene  Smith,     .  5th.  George  A.  Dark, 

3d.    Benjamin  F.  Blair. 

CORPORALS. 

ist.  Ira  D.  Wells,  5th.  Edward  L.  Husted, 

2d.  George  Buskirk,  6th.  Ezra  R.  Wait, 

3d.  William  H.  Thomas,  yth.  William  G.  Ailing, 

4th.  Samuel  B.  Caldwell,  8th,  Josiah  R.  Fisher. 

MUSICIANS. 
George  Williams,  Joseph  Sallabank. 


2 3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


PRIVATES, 


ARMSTRONG,  NELSON 
BARNHART,  MAI.VERN 
HUSH,  ALBERT 
BIRDSEYE,  ENOCH  L. 
BIRCH,  ALBERT 
BENFER,  JOHN  T, 
BOWEN,  ANSON  T. 
BEVERSTOCK,  EDWIN  J. 
BARHITE,  WILLIAM 
BOND,  STANLEY  F. 
BOND,  ORRIN  G. 
CASTLE,  JEHIEL 
CONGER,  ELIJAH  S. 
CI.AIT,  HENRY  S. 
COLE,  IRVING 
CASTLE,  JUDSON 
CUMMINGS,  WILLIAM  G. 
EVANS,  RICHARD 
FREUND,  MICHAEL 
Fox,  REUBEN 
Fox,  AMOS 
Fox, JORDAN 
GRIGGS,  JOHN  L. 
GOODELL,  EMANUEL  F. 
GODFREY,  ZERAH 
GILBERT,  ANDROS  J. 
HUSTED,  ELMER  E. 

HoLCOMK,  RlIFUS  T. 

HATCH,  PALMER  D. 
HOLCOMB,  BENJAMIN 
HOFFMAN,  PHILIP  II. 
HOFFMAN,  EZRA  H. 
HILL,  WILLIAM  W. 
HARRISON,  EHENEZER  B. 
HICKS,  HENRY  C. 
KUTCHER,  LOUIS. 
KUTCHER,  GEORGE. 
KELLER,  LEONARD. 
LITTLE,  FRANCIS. 


LANE,  SOLON. 
LEE,  NOYES  S. 
LETTS,  WILLIAM. 
MILLER.  ALFRED  W. 
MOGG,  URIAH. 
MANN,  WILLIAM. 
MESSELDINE,  Svi.vANUi,  A. 
NYE,  ALBERT. 
PROUTY,  WILLIAM  R. 
PROUTV,  EMERV. 
PROUTY,  CLINTON. 
REYNOLDS,  CHARLES  H. 
RUSHTON,  HENRY  C. 

ROE,  CHARLES. 
RUTHERFORD,  Louis, 

SCHNEBLY,  BOWER  \V. 

SPARKS,  RILEV. 

STULTZ,  HENRY  C. 

SMITH,  JOHN  L. 

SPANGLER,  HENRY  J. 

SMITH,  THOMPSON. 

STRICKFATHER,  EDWARD. 

STOCKMASTER,  MARTIN. 

SMITH,  WARREN  R. 

SLATER,  JOHN. 

SLATER,  GEORGE  WT. 

SLATER,  WILLIAM. 

SKINNER,  BENJAMIN  F. 

TUMAN,  JOSEPH. 

TAYLOR,  ANSON.  II  . 

TWISS,  LORAN. 

WOODRUFF,  ARKD. 

WICKHAM,  FREDERICK  C. 

WALDRON,  SEYMOUR, 

WILLIAMS,  BENJAMIN  H, 

WILLIAMS,  EDWARD  H. 

WTEISS.  VICTOR. 

WALTER,  ABISHAI  W. 

BURNS,  ROBERT  W. 


Total,  96. 


10  123!)   OtfTO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Company  C  was  recruited  by  Capt.  Charles  Parmetl- 
ter,  in  the  county  of  Huron,  commencing  about  the  pth 
of  August.  The  company  was  full  about  the  24th,  and 
went  into  camp  at  Monroeville  early  in  September,  and 
was  mustered  into  the  service  on  the  29th  day  of  Sep 
tember,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN, 

CHARLES  PARMENTER ; 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

EDGAR  MARTIN ; 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

ABNER   SNYDER; 

SERGEANTS, 

i st.  Frank  H.  Breckenridge,3d.    Augustine  L.  Smith, 
2d.    John  Canady,  4th.  James  Amadell, 

5th.  Lewis  White. 


CORPORALS, 

i  st.   Marion  Lester,  5th.  William  H.  Ramly, 

2d.   Philander  Miles,  6th.  Nor  map  H.  Tilitson, 

3d,   George  A.  Webster,  yth.  Adison  Barker, 

4th.  William  Odell,  8th.  Simon  P.  Blake. 


MUSICIANS, 

Dennis  Canfield,  Clarke  Canfield. 


TEAMSTER, 

Daniel  G.  West. 


1 2  30    OHIO     VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY, 


II 


PRIVATES, 


BAKER,  HIRAM, 
BAKER,  NELSON 
BLANCHARD,  ALBERT 
BURNHAM,  W.  F. 
BEERS,  THOMAS 
CARNS,  ROMANE 
CARSON,  WILLIAM 
CARPENTER,  SIDNEY 
CARSON,  JACOB 
CARR,  WILLIAM 
CLARK,  PATRICK 
COLE,  ORRIN 
CONKLIN,  WILLIS  H. 
COIT,  EUREKA 
DAY,  WILSON 
DEBOW,  HUGH 
DECKER,  ORRY 
DRAPER,  DAVID  F. 
ERECWELL,  HENRY  W. 
ERECWELL,  CHARLES 
FAY,  MARTIN 
FINK,  DANIEL 
FISH,  GEORGE 
FAIRCHILDS,  JOHN  B. 
FRYE,  ADDISON  M. 
GARRISON,  HARVEY  E. 
GOODENOUGH,  HENRY 
GREEN,  CRARY 
GREEN,  FRANKLIN 
GRANNIS,  THOMAS 
HARRIS,  JOHN 
HEMINGWAY,  FREDERICK 
LEUTS,  SEYMOUR  E. 
McKEE,  WILLIAM 
MILLER.  JOHE  W. 
MILLER,  JOHN 


MOORE,  WILSON 
MOORE,  DAVID  B. 
MOSIER,  NELSON  L. 
NIXON,  CHARLES 
PHILLIPS,  JOHN  L. 
PHILLIPS,  FRANKLIN 
RHODES,  JOSEPH  H. 
ROBINSON,  NAPOLEON 
SPENCE,  JAMES 
SALSBURY,  JOHN 
SKINNER,  JAMES  D. 
STEEL,  LEVI  J. 
STEEL,    SIMON 
STEEL,  JACOB 
SNYDER,  JOSIAH 
SHEPHARD,  LYMAX 
SHAW,  WILLIAM  H. 
SPRINGER,  LORIN  S. 
SEELY,  THOMAS  S. 
SIFLER,  JOHN 
SLY,  FERNANDO 
SYKES,  OTIS 

TILLOTSON.  CHRISTOPHER  E. 
TAYLOR,  CYRUS 
Tow,  JOHN 
WAGGONER,  WILLIAM 
WHITE,  SAMUEL 
WILSON,  JOHN  R. 
WAIT,  ALBERT  H. 
\VHITMOUR.  HIRAM 
BASCOM,  ALPHORD 
SIMPSON,  SILAS 
LYN,  ALONZO 
MURPHY,  JOHN 
LOVELAND,  LAFAYETTE 
BEERS,  NATHAN 


Total,  91. 


Company  D.  was   recruited   in  the  county  of  Seneca, 
by  Capt.  F.  K,  Shawhan,  with  headquarters   at   Tiffin ; 


12         I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

recruiting  commenced  about  the  i2th  of  August  and  on 
the  22d,  the  company  was  full  and  went  into  camp  about 
the  loth  of  September  at  Monroeville,  and  was  mus 
tered  into  the  service  September  24,  as  follows: 

CAPTAIN, 
FREDERICK  K.  SHAWHAN. 

1ST    LIEUTENANT, 

H.  L.  McKEE. 


2D    LIEUTENANT, 

JOSIAH  W.  LEONARD. 


SEARGENTS, 


i st.  John  Young,  3d.    John  L.  Clark, 

2d.   David  Miller,  4th.  Samuel  Martin, 

5th.  David  S.   Hall. 


CORPORALS, 

ist.  Philip  Wall,  5th.  Hiram  Root, 

2d.    Thomas  Parkins,  6th.  Leander  Coe, 

3d.    Lyman  Abbott,  yth.  John  A.  Heckman; 

5th.  John  G.  Reynolds,  8th.  Amandus  Betts. 


MUSICIANS, 

Elias  H.  Osborn,  John  B.  Ennis. 

TEAMSTER, 

Andrew  Binkley. 


1 250   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


AUMAKER,  CHRISTOPHER 
ABBOTT,  IRVING 
BEAVER,  RUSSELL  B. 
BAKER,  JOHN  T. 
BE.NTLEY,  THOMAS 
BEARD,  OSRO  R. 
BOWERSOX,  DAVID  B. 
BONER,  WILLIAM  L. 
BONER,  JOSEPH  A. 
BRITTON,  JOSEPH  B. 
BOLLINGER,  SAMUEL 
BURNSIDE,  JOHN 
CROSSLEY,  WILLIAM 
CROSSLET,  PETER  A. 
CORRIGAN,  PETER 
CONRAD,  NATHAN  B 
DILDINE,  WILLIAM  H. 
DAVIDSON,  JAMES  H. 
DUNN,  ARLINGTON 
DICE.  JOHN 
DELAPLANE,  BROWN 
FYE,  WILLIAM 
GAMBEE,  SETH  R. 
GROFF,  SILAS 
HARTZEL,  HOWARD  F. 
HAINES,  GRANVILLE  R. 
HART,  FRANCIS  M. 
HARTZEL,  JAMES 
HARRIS,  SAMUEL  A. 
HARRIS,  DAVID  F. 
HOOVER,  BENJAMIN  L. 
HUMMEL,  JACOB 
HOCK,  JAMES 
INSLEY,  ISAAC 
KERN,  WILLIAM  J.  B. 
KENAN,  JAMES 
KELLER,  LEVI 
KINNEY,  FREDERICK  M. 
KINNEY,  BENTLEY  L. 


PRIVATES, 

KIMBERLIN,  HENRY  J. 
KOCH,  HUBERT 
KEEFE,  THOMAS 
LUZADER,  EPHRAIM 
LEITNER,  ANDREW  J. 
LABOUNTEY,  CHANCY 
LEAHY,  JAMES  C. 
MOWEN,  DAVID  C. 
MITTEN.  WILLIAM  A. 
McDowEL,  ANDREW 
MOOR,  BENJAMIN  W. 
NAUGLE,  G.  W. 
POWELL,  ANDREW 
PENNINGTON,  HENRY  H. 
ROBERTS,  CHARLES  C. 
RHODES,  DANIEL 
RICHARDSON,  CHARLES 
KEEME,  DANIEL  E. 
REUMMELL,  ALBERT 
REYNOLDS,  HENRY 
STALTER,  ISAAC 
SHEETS,  FRANK 
SWARTZ,  PETER 
ULLMAN,  MATHIAS 
VANCE,  WILLIAM 
WALSH,  MICHAEL 
WENTZ,  JAMES  H. 
WHEATON,  PATRICK  S. 
WHEATON,  JOHN 
SLOAN,  Louis 
SMITH,  DANIEL 
WAGONER,  FREDERICK 
WERTZ,  JOHN 
WELLER,  HENRY 
FARNER,  NOAH 
SNYDER,  WILLIAM  H. 
LUTZ,  JOHN  N. 
REYNOLDS,  WILLIAM  O. 
VANSKIVER,  JAMES  G. 
POLE,  GABRIEL 


Total,  98. 


14  I23D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Company  E  was  recruited  in  the  county  of  Huron  by 
Capt.  Samuel  W.  Reed  ;  recruiting  commenced  about 
the  pth  of  August,  and  the  company  was  filled  about 
the  ist  of  September,  when  it  went  into  camp  at 
Monroe ville,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  Septem 
ber  29th,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN. 
SAMUEL  W.  REED. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

DWIGHT  KELLOGG. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

MARTIN  H.  SMITH. 


SERGEANTS, 

ist  William  S.  Rulison,         3d    Charier  H.  Sowers, 
2d   Martin  V.  Aldrich,          4th  Charles  Long, 
5th  James  Angel. 


CORPORALS, 

ist  Horace  Lawrence,  5th  Adophus  Saliers, 

2d    David  H.  Hutchinson,  6th  James  Wheaton, 

3d   Tracy  W.  Hacket,  yth  Fulton  Reed, 

4th  Gratton  W.  Reed,  8th  Charles  Ackley. 


MUSICIANS. 
Samuel  Bratton,  Isaac  Blackmore. 

TEAMSTER, 

William  Stone. 


OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


PRIVATES, 


BOYD,  FRANKLIN 
BURGE,  WILLIAM 
BENNINGTON,  JAMES 
CASSNER,  JEREMIAH 
CASSNER,  MOSES 
CASSNER,  JOHN  C. 
COATS,  HFNRY 
CATLIN,  HUDSON 
DUNN,  LAFAYETTE 
DORN,  JACOB 
DENNISON,  ALEXANDER 
DENNISON,  HAMILTON 
DURG1N,  NICHOLAS 
DEGMAN,  JOSEPH 
ENSIGN,  JOHN 
FEAGLEE,  JAMES  M. 
FANCHER/VARNE 
FULKERT,  MICHAEL  H. 
GIBSON,  HENRY 
GREGORY,  JAMES 
GHORAM,  JOHN 
HALSEY,  JOHN 
HOLDEN,  ISAAC 
HANKISON,  EL1AS 
HOWELL,  RICHARD 
HANSERD,  JOHN 
LETTS,  PETER 
MEAD,  DANIEL 
MOSIER,  VICTOR 
MOODY,  JAMES 
McQUAID,  JOHN 
ODELL,  ISAAC 

DUNN, 


PALMER,  LUCIUS 
PEIPER,  GEORGE 
REED,  JAMES  W. 
REED,  JAMES  B. 
REED,  DAVID 
SIIAMP,  THOMAS 
SHELTZ,  FARLINGTON 
SALIERS,  HENRY  A. 
SWEETLAND,  LORENZO 
SHAFER,  FREDERICK 
SNYDER,  EDMOND 
SNYDER,  EDWIN 
SMITH,  JAMES  B. 
SACKETT,  LAMBERT  A. 
STH  A,  JOHN 
SMITH,  JAMES 
SALISBURY,  NEWELL  B. 
SEWARD,  DAVID  G. 
TISDALE,  CHARLES 
TRIMMER,  EDWIN 
THOMAS,  WILLIAM 
TUCKER,  GEORGE 
VANLIN,  WILLIAM  C. 
VOGUE,  CHARLES 
VIEL,  LEMUEL 
WILLIAMS,  DAVID 
WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM  J. 
WYRICK,  PERRY 
ZIMMERMAN,  MATHIAS 
POINER,  RALPH  C. 
GARRISON,  JOHN  W. 
LOUDER,  JOHN 
CALVIN. 

Total,  84, 


Company  F  was  organized  in  Wyandotte  county  and 
recruited  by  Capt.  Curtis  Berry,  Sen.,  commencing  about 
the  9th  of  August,  and  completing  the  organization  about 
the  ist  of  September,  and  immediately  went  into  camp 


16  1 2 30  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

at  Monroeville,   and  was  mustered  into  the  service  Sep 
tember  24th,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN, 

CURTIS  BERRY,  SEN. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

ALONZO  ROBBINS. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

JAMES  H.  GILLAM. 


SERGEANTS, 

ist  Martin  W.  Willoughby,   3d    William  C.  White, 
2d    Moses  Allison,  4th  Samuel  Hayman, 

5th  Samuel  Dunn. 


CORPORALS, 

ist  Alonzo  W.  Sawyer,         4th  George  G.  White, 
2d   John  Keys,  5th  Eli  Smith, 

3d    David  Galbrath,  7th  Mirarn  M.  Gipson, 

4th  Benjamin  F.  Willoughby, 8th  Theodore  H.   Berry 

MUSICIANS, 
Jared  B.  Willoughby,  John  H.  Swinehart. 

TEAMSTER, 

John  Gephart. 


PRIVATES, 

BLOND,  FREDERICK  LOWMASTER,  HENTRY 

BULUN,  RUBEN  LOTT,  PETER  J. 

BLOND,  LEWIS  MELLON,  JACOB 

BRISBINE,  NAPOLEON  B.  MORRIS,  WILLIAM 


1 2  3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


BARCLAY,  JO  FIX  S. 
BOWS  HER,  NELSOX 
BO  WSHER,  DAVID 
BOLYARD,  CHARLES 
CATHRIGHT,  IRVIN  IT. 
C AT H RIGHT,  RICHARD 
COPLER,  CHRISTIAN 
CKAUJ,  ROBERT  B. 
CLARK,  THOMAS 
COOK,  STEPHEN 
COWGILL.  NELSON 
CORFMAN,  LEWIS 
COOK.  JOSHUA 
CHAMBERS,  NICHOLAS 
DUNN,  EMER  L. 
DOUGHERTY,  DAVID  V. 
DRV,  JOSH T A  P. 
E \\ART,  ROBERT  J. 
FERRIS,  RANDOLPH  B. 
FISHER,  WILLIAM   H. 
GIPSON,  WILLIAM  A. 
GIBSON,  JOEL  W. 
HOUGH,  HENRY 
HALL,  DAVID 
HEFFLE  BOWER,  WM.  H. 
HENLY,  SAMUEL 
HESSER,  ALPHONSO  D. 
HOLLY.  EDWARD  B. 
HUFFMAN,  SIMEON 
HEFFLEBOWER,  JACOB  A. 
HUFFORD,  GEORGE  W. 
HAYMAN,  JACOB 
HA  RICK,  JAMES 
IRWIN,  ROBERT 
KIEHL,  CYRUS  H. 
KR1ECHBAUM,  BENJAMIN 
LEE,  LAFAYETTE 


McCOXXELL,  ROBERT  X. 
MILLER,  JOHN  H. 
Me  L  A  N  E .  MELA  NCT  H  0  X  0 
McLANE,  ARCHY  H. 
MASKY,  JOSEPH 
MITCHELL,  WILLIAM 
MILTON.  JAMES  L. 
McBRIDE,  ARTHUR  L. 
McFAKLAND,  NELSON 
MILNER.  ADAM 
McLANE,  DAVID 
MASKY,  ELI 
McJENKINS.  E.  W. 
MACKEY,  JOHN 
NORTON.  JOHX  G. 
NOLL,  LEV  I 
OLTEATTER,  PETER 
OLIVER,  CHARLES  E.  M. 
OLIVER,  JAMES  B. 
OBERL1N,  NORIS  P.  H. 
PERRIN,  HENRY 
R I TMM ELL.  BENSON  0. 
SNYDER,  EZRA 
SMITH,  JEREMIAH  A. 
SMITH.  AAROX  B. 
ST ALTER,  DAVID 
SEAGER,  GEORGE 
SIMMONS,  HENRY  L. 
SNYDER,  JOHN 
SCOOT,  ORAXGE  J. 

VANDORN.  ISAAC 
WOODL1NG,  LEV  I 
WILLOUGHBY,  WM.  R. 
WILLIAMS,  JOSEPH 
W  A  S  H  B  U  R  N.  CO  R  N  E  L I  IT  S 
WHINERY,  JOSEPH 

MILLER,  JACOB  H. 


YOUNG,  XATHAN    D. 


Total,    102. 


Company  G  was  recruited  in  Erie  county  by  Capt. 
Charles  H.  Riggs,  with  headquarters  at  Sandusky  ;  the 
majority  of  the  company  were  from  Sandusky  city,  and 


1 8  I23t>    OtfTO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

the  townships  adjoining,  all  parts  of  the  county,  however, 
contributing  to  its  membership. 

The  company  was  organized  under  some  difficulties, 
as  a  company  for  the  loist  regiment  had  just  been  raised 
in  the  same  locality.  Many  of  the  men  composing  this 
company,  had  already  seen  service  in  company  E, 
8th  Ohio,  during  the  first  three  months  of  the  war.  Re 
cruiting  commenced  August  8th,  and  on  the22dofthe 
same  month  the  company  was  full,  and  soon  after  went 
into  camp  at  Monroeville,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  Septemper  24th,  as  follows: 

CAPTAIN, 

CHARLES  H.  RIGGS. 

1ST    LIEUTENANT, 

OSWALD  H.  ROSENBAUM. 

2D    LIEUTENANT, 

FRANK  B.  COLVER. 


SEARGENTS. 

ist  Sherman  A.  Johnson,     3d   Wesley  B.  Jennings, 
2d   George  A.  Scoby,  4th  Charles  M.  Keyes, 

5th  Martin  L.  Skillman. 


CORPORALS. 

ist  Miron  E.   Clemens,  5th  Jacob  Wentz, 

2d    John  Steele,  6th  William  Gillard, 

3d    Augustus  Garrett,  yth  William  H.  Metcalf, 

4th  Frank  W.  Canfield,  8th  William  H.  Levering. 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


MUSICIANS. 

William  Jennings,  William  Allen. 


TEAMSTER. 

George  R.  McConelly. 


PRIVATES. 


BUYER,  LEWIS 
BROWN",  SOLOMON 
BRUMM,  CHARLES 
BUYER,  NAPOLEON 
BARNARD,  LUTHER 
BARNARD,  HENRY  C. 
BOXX,  GEORGE  H. 
BOG  ART,  JAY 
BUCK.  ALBERT  D. 
BURNS.  JAMES 
BLOSIER,  HENRY 
CLARK,  MICHAEL 
CLAVIN,  JOHN 
CROSS,  JAMES 
CHAMBERLIX.  WM.  H. 
CONGER,  CORNELIUS  D. 
DRAKE,  BENJAMIN 
DRAKE,  GEORGE  B. 
DETLEFS,  JACOB 
D1PPEL,  MARTIN 
DKKLY,  BENJAMIN  E. 
FOSTER,  EDWARD 
FILMORE,  CONRAD 
GROFF,  JOSEPH 
GROFF,  JOSEPH  H. 
GREENHOE,  GEORGE  W. 
GILLEX,  CHARLES  W. 
GOLDEN,  WILLAM 
GOLDEN,  GEORGE,  JR. 
HEADLEY,  BRYANT  C. 
HEGEXEY,  CHARLES 
HARPER,  JOHX 
HOYT,  JAMES 
HOYT,  WILLIAM 
HOWE,  RICHARD 
HAMMOXD,  CHARLES 


LUCE,  LYMAN 
LOCK  LEY,  ALBERT 
LAUGHLIX,  PATRICK 
LA  FERE,  JOHX 
LEWIS,  ANDREW  J 
LITTLE  FIELD,  FRAXK 
McELWAIX,  JAMES  P. 
MORGAN,  WILLIAM 
McGOOKEY,  BARNEY 
MARTIN,  RICHARD 
NEIL.  FOSTER 
NKIL,  THOMAS 
OCKS,  THEODORE 
OTT,  ALBERT 
OEHM,  WILLIAM 
RAAB,  AUGUST 
RHODE,  CONRAD 
RANSOM,  DELOS  C. 
REED,  WILLIAM 
REED,  JAMES 
STOWE.  SAMUEL  E. 
STRAUSER,  ANDREW 
SRUTHEY, ALBERT 
SAVENACK,  JOHX  R. 
SHERER,  PETER 
STOCKLEY.  GEORGE 
SHESLEY,  GEORGE 
THOMPSON,  BENJAMIX 
TUCKER,  FRED 
VANTIXE,  ALFRED  C. 
WARREX,  GEORGE  G. 
WALKER,  ALBERT 
WHEELER,  WILLIAM  P. 
KR1SS,  SOLOMOX 
STAHL,  WILLIAM 
WEBER,  GEORGE 


20  123D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

HIXES,  JOHX  McGOOKEY,.TOHX 

HIXES,  GEORGE  TIMMANUS,  RICHARD  H. 

JOHNSON,  I1HNRY  1).  PERSONS,  THOMAS 

KXIGHT,  CHARLES  G.  WAGER,  MILO  H. 

KEYES,  THOMAS  J.  KELLY,  WILLIAM 

Total,    101. 


Company  H  was  organized  in  Crawford  county  by 
Capt.  John  Newman  of  Crestline.  Recruiting  began 
August  X4th,  and  by  August  22d  the  company  was  full. 
The  company  went  into  camp  early  in  September  at 
Monroeville,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  Septem- 
24th,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN, 

JOHN  NEWMAN. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

DAVID  S.  CALDWELL. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

HARVEY  S.  BEVINGTON. 


SERGEANTS. 


1st  William  A.  Williams,       3d    Barn  well  B.  Clark, 
ad    Franklin  Humphrey,        4th  John  D.  Mathers, 
5th  John  O.  Davis. 


CORPORALS. 


1st  George  W.  Wickhara,  5th  Robert  Burke, 

2d   John  Snodgrass,  6th  Medary  Clements, 

3d    David  S.  Robinson,  yth  John  H.  Palezell, 

4th  Henry  Cassell,  8th  Frederick  Staley. 


1 2 3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 
MUSICIANS. 

Adam  Tustisan,  James  McDonald, 


21 


TEAMSTER, 

Eli  Owiler. 


PRIVATES,, 


AMBROSIER.  DANIEL 
AMBRUSTER,  C. 
ARNOLD,  RICHARD 
ANDREWS,  JOHN 
BETZ,  JOHN 
BETZ,  JOSIAH 
BLACKFORD,  SHANNON 
BETZ,  DAVID 
BECK,  WILLIAM 
BOARDNER,  HUGH 
BRISTLE,  JAMES 
BRISTLE.  JOHN  H. 
BURKETT,  THOMAS 
BENNEHOFF,  JOHN 
BOARDNER,  SAMUEL 
CARRICK,  AARON 
COOK,  WILL  AM 
DUNLAP,  JOSEPH 
DURR,  JOHN 
DORIS H,  LORENZO 
DEVINE,  E. 
FURCHT,  CHRISTIAN 
FRA  LIE,  GEORGE  W. 
FOY,  LEWIS 
FRYER,  LAFAYETTE 
GUN  DRUM,  JOSHUA 
COWING,  CHARLES  S. 
HECKART,  ELI 
HURST,  ELI 
HENRY,  ABRAHAM 
HOUK,  MICHAEL 
HARTSLINE,  JACOB 
HUMPHREY,  JAMES 
HASS,  CONRAD 
HOTELLING,  CHARLES 


KAYLOR,  JOSEPH  H. 
CRIECHBAUM.  ADAM 
KEPLINGER,  EMANUEL 
LYNCH,  LARKY 
LONGWELL,  ASBURY 
MYERS,   WILL  I  AM 
MORRISON".  (JKORGE  B. 
MYERS,  JOHN  C. 
MERRICK,  GEORGE 
M  AD  DERIVE  LL.  JAMES  Q. 
NEWMAN,  JACOB 
OGDEN,  LOR IX 
PACKER.  DAVID  R. 
PRICE,  JOSEPH 
PARK.  ABRAHAM 
PORTER.  JOHN 
RITTENOUR,  JOSEPH 
RICHARDS   HOSE  A 
RANCK,  JACOB 
RANCK,  LEVI  C. 
ROBERTS,  DAXIEL 
SNODGRASS,  DAVID 
SOLLINGER.  SAMUEL 
SHAFFER,  GEORGE 
SHAFFER,  JOHN 
S  WISHER,  SAMUEL  R. 
SNYDER,  JOHN  C. 
STALE  Y.THOMAS  P. 
STALEY.  JOSIAII 
STRIKER,  WILLIAM 
UHL,  GEORGE  W. 
VALLENTINE,  GEORGE 
VALLENTINE,  CHARLES 

YANGUNDEY,  THOMAS  j. 

WALKER,  THOMAS  G. 


22  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

HOLLIXGSHEAD.  JESSE  WALTER,  JOHN 

HAMLIN,  JOHN  ZELLNER,  EDWIN 

HOLEMAN.  PETER  SECKLER,  DAVID 

HARRIGER,  CHARLES  CULVER,  JAMES 

KELLER,  GEORGE  CREPPEN,  JOHN 

KOONS.  BENJAMIN  F.  FOY,  WILLIAM  L. 


Total,   10 1. 

Company  I  was  organized  in  Seneca  county  by  Capt. 
Richard  A.  Kirkwood  of  Fostoria.  Recruiting  began 
August  1 8th,  and  by  August  22d  the  company  was  ready 
to  go  into  camp,  which  was  done  early  in  September, 
and  was  mustered  into  the  service  at  Monroeville  on  the 
24th  of  the  same  month,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN, 
RICHARD  A.  KIRKWOOD. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

WILLIAM  H.  BENDER. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

JOSEPHUS  F.  SCHUYLER, 

SERGEANTS, 

ist  George  D.  Acker,  3d   Joseph  P.  Myers, 

2d   John  Wickand,  4th  William  Bartholomew, 

5th  William  S.  Moses. 


CORPORALS, 

ist  James  H.  McDuell,         4th  David  Albert, 
2d   Moses  Bennell,  5th  Jacob  J.  Bowman, 

3d   Abraham  W.  Brinkley,  6th  Martin  Adams, 
7th  John  W.  Carpenter. 


1 2 3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


23 


MUSICIANS, 

Alexander  G.  Franklin,         Henry  A.  Dildine. 

TEAMSTER, 

William  Whittaker. 


PRIVATES, 


ALBERT,  JOHN"  Q. 
ALLEY,  ADONIRAM 
ADAMS,  GEORGE  W. 
BARDET,  WILLIAM  J. 
BRACKTSEN,  GEORGE 
BOYER,  JOSIAH 
BOWMAN,  JOHN 
BOWMAN,  WALTER  P. 
BACKENSTOS,  WILLIAM 
BOCKY,  FRANKLIN 
CHILCOAT,  JOSEPHS. 
CALAHAN,  WILLIAM 
CARLISLE,  THEODORE  G. 
CHAFFIN,  JAMES  I. 
COPP,  JOHN  J. 
CLINE,  ALFRED 
CARPENTER,  SAMUEL  B. 
DALE,  SAMUEL 
DEARY,  WILLIAM. 
DITTO,  JACOB 
DOE,  CHANCY  A. 
ELLIOTT,  AUGUSTUS 
EBERSOLE,  HENRY 
EBRIGHT,  JACOB 
FOX,  JACOB  J. 
FREESE,  WILLIAM  M. 
FOX,  WILLIAM  H. 
FINK,  JOHN  P. 
FINK,  ISAAC 
GEAR,  JOSEPH 
HENRY,  NATHAN 
HELLER,  MOSES 
HILLIS,  JAMES 
HILLIS,  JOHN 
HILLIS,  DAVID 
HUFFMAN,  ANDREW  W. 


HUFFMAN,  JOSEPH 
HENRY,  WILLIAM  B. 
JOHNSON,  JOSEPH  C. 
LILLEY,  JAMES 
LANEY,  OWEN  H. 
MARVIN,  THOMAS  H. 
MYRES,  JOHN  H. 
McKEE,  THOMAS 
MAY,  JAMES  W. 
McEWEN,  SAMUEL 
MALONV,  THOMAS  H. 
McKIBBON,  WRIGHT 
MACH1NER,  MARTIN  W. 
MACHINER,  ELY 
PAINTER,  MICHAEL 
ROLLER,  MICHAEL 
ROSSITER,  WILLIAM 
RICE,  JOHN  II., 
ROGERS,  JOHiY  W. 
SEAVOLT,  ISAAC 
SHAFER,  JOLEY  B. 
SPENCER,  JOHN 
SHEELY,  WILLIAM 
SNYDER.  ELI 
S HELLER,  JOHN  J. 
SIDELL,  JOSEPH 
THOMPSON,  DAVID 
TODD,  MICHAEL 
UPDYK  E.JOHN 
VERT,  JOHN 
WILLIS,  IRA 
YOUNG.  JOHN 
CARSON,  SAMUEL  S. 
CORY,  H.  M. 
McCLLNLOCK,  THOMAS 
ENGLISH,  JAMES  W. 


SPENCER,  JAMES 


Total,   91. 


24         I  2 3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

Company  K  was  recruited  mostly  in  the  counties  of 
Erie  and  Seneca.  It  was  the  last  company  recruited, 
and  some  difficulty  was  encountered  in  completing  its 
organization.  The  company  was  recruited  by  Capt. 
Lewis  Zimmer  of  Tiffin,  and  was  mustered  into  the  ser 
vice  at  Monroeville,  October  i6th,  as  follows  : 

CAPTAIN, 

LEWIS  ZIMMER. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

RANDOLPH  B.  FERRIS. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

JOHN  THOM. 

SERGEANTS, 


2St  James  Healey,  3d   George  A.  Murphey, 

2d    Samuel  D.  Poppleton,     4th  Joseph  Goodsel, 
5th  Clement  Snyder. 


CORPORALS, 

ist  Ignatius  Boff,  5th  John  Conners, 

2d    William  Fry,  6th  David  Shaul, 

3d   Thomas  Robinson,  yth  Thomas  Morgan, 

4th  Jacob  Wolf,  8th  Leonard  Kissner. 


MUSICIAN, 
John  S.  Smith. 


TEAMSTER, 

Dietrich  D.  Osterholz. 


1 2  30    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

f 
PRIVATES, 


AMES,  DAVID  S. 
AUSTIN,  HENRY 
BAKER,  JOHNT. 
BOYCE,  THOMAS   W. 
BEELER,  WILLIAM 
LUCIUS,  NICHOLAS 
BRITT.  FRANK 
BUSSINGER,  JOHN 
BROWN,  ALBERT  US  D. 
BANG,  CHARLES 
BRUNO.  BERNHARD 
BEAVER,  SOLOMEN 
BLECKLEY,  ANDREW 
CROHAN,  JAMES 
COSTELOE,  WILLIAM 
CAUL,  JAMES 
CONELLY,  PATRICK 
COGHLIN,  EDWARD 
ENN1S,  JOHN  B. 
DUNNAHOE,  ANDREW 
DUFFY,  JAMES 
DONELLY,  ARTHUR 
ELDER,  GEORGE  D. 
FOWLER,  ALONZO 
ELLIS,  W1LLAM 
GASE,  MATHEW  J. 
GRANT.  JOHN 
GANGWER,  STEPHEN 
GRUMMELL,  FRDERICK 
HAMMOND,  SIMON 
HIGGINS.  FRANCIS 
HASTINGS,  JOHN 
HYDE,  MICHAEL 
HENNESSY,  PATRICK 
GRUMMELL,  HENRY 


LONG,  JOHN 
LEY,  JACOB 
HKNRY,  JOHN  L 
McKEE,  RICHARD 
McGRADY.  DANIEL 
MONTE,  WILLIAM 
MARYIN.  CEORGE  R. 
MEENS,  JAMES 
HAAS,  JACOB 
NUTTER,  ISAAC 
IRVING,  THOMAS 
O'NEILL  EDWARD 
POLE.  GABRIEL 
PEARL,  PETER 
ROCK.  ANTON 
RHONE,  ALBERT  W. 
ROBINSON,  JOHN 
RAGAN,  ANDREW  L. 
STRAUB.  WILLIAM 
SCHNEIDER,  MICHAEL 
SHAUL.  JOSH  I   A 
SCHMIDT,  BRUNO 
SW1TZE  R.JACOB 
SPITTLE,  BENJAMIN 
SIMMONS,  CLINTON 
SPICE,  JACOB 
SAVENACK,  EDWARD 
THOM,  PETER 
THOM,  MICHAEL 
THOMPSON,  JAMES 
UTLEY,  HIRAM 
WILCOX,  PETER 
W  A  ESS  X  ER,  GEOR  GE 
YOUNG,  CHRISTOHER 
ZENT.  LEONARD 


HUNTLEY,  OZIAS 


Total,   89. 


The  foregoing  rosters  are  correct  copies  of  the  original 
Muster-In-Rolls  of  the  various  companies. 

As  a  matter  of  course  they  do  not  show  the  recruits 


26  1 2  3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

who  came  to  the  regiment  in  1863  and  1864.  Their 
names,  however,  will  appear  in  the  chapter  devoted  to 
the  "  muster-out."  Nearly  two  hundred  recruits  came 
to  the  regiment  to  fill  its  depleted  ranks,  and  many  of 
them  were  the  very  best  of  soldiers. 

'The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  original  Muster-In-Roll 
of  the 

Field    and    Staff. 


COLONEL, 

WILLIAM  T.  WILSON. 

LIEUTENANT   COLONEL. 

HENRY  B.  HUNTER. 

MAJOR, 

A.  BALDWIN  NORTON. 

SURGEON, 

ORRIN  FERRIS. 

ASSISTANT    SURGEONS, 

J.  H.  WILLIAMS, 
W.  B.  HYATT. 

QUARTER   MASTER. 

EDWIN  H.  BROWN. 

CHAPLAIN. 

CHARLES  G.  FERRIS. 

Only   three  of  whom,  Col.  W.  T.  Wilson,  Assistant 
Surgeon   W.  B.  Hyatt  and   Quarter  Master  Edwin   H. 


I25D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  27 

Brown,  served  through  with  the  regiment  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  Major  A.  B.  Norton  resigned  his  commis 
sion  soon  after  the  regiment  went  to  the  field  Assist 
ant  Surgeon  J.  H.  Williams  resigned  during  the  Summer 
of  1863. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Henry  B.  Hunter  served  in  the 
Valley  Campaign  of  1863,  was  captured  at  Winchester 
June  1 5th,  remained  in  prison  about  ten  months,  which 
so  broke  down  his  health  that  soon  after  he  was  exchang 
ed,  not  being  fit  for  duty  in  the  field,  he  tendered  his 
resignation,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  Surgeon 
Orrin  Ferris  served  with  the  regiment  until  the  close  of 
the  campaign  of  1864,  when,  with  shattered  constitution, 
and  sadly  impared  health,  much  against  his  own  incli 
nation  and  the  wishes  of  the  entire  regiment,  his  resig 
nation  was  tendered  and  accepted.] 


Non  Commissioned  Staff. 


SERGEANT    MAJOR, 

BENJAMIN  F.  BLAIR. 

QUARTER    MASTER    SERGEANT, 

ELMER  E.  HUSTED. 

COMMISSARY    SERGEANT, 

FREDERICK  C.  WICKHAM. 


28  1230    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY, 


HOSPITAL    STEWART, 

N.  B.  BRISBINE. 

DRUM    MAJOR, 

WESLEY  HOLMES. 

PRINCIPAL   MUSICIAN. 

EDWIN  P.  COZIER. 


I23D   OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


P>  T  K  R    II. 


CAMP   LIFE    AT    MONROEVILLE REMOVAL   TO    THE    SEAT    OF 

WAR MARCHES    AND  EXPERIENCES    OF  THE    REG 
IMENT    UP   TO    JUNE    I2TH,    1863. 

Our  life  here  was  one  continued  round  of  excitement, 
and  all  were  glad  when  the  order  came,  (October  16,)  for 
the  regiment  to  move.  A  large  number  of  friends  were 
there  to  say  good  bye,  and  amid  the  tears  and  the  God 
bless  you  of  the  multitude,  we  started  for  untried  scenes 
in  the  great  war  of  the  rebellion. 

Not,  perhaps,  in  the  course  of  the  whole  war,  did  Ohio 
send  to  the  field  a  regiment  of  men  whose  whole  sou\3 
were  in  the  cause  so  firmly,  and  whose  faith  in  the  per 
petuation  of  this  glorious  government  of  ours,  was  so 
pure,  as  the  gallant  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-third.  With 
officers,  both  in  the  field  and  line,  who  were  not  only 
brave  and  competent,  but  gentlemen  on  all  occasions ; 
with  men  whose  efficiency  and  bravery,  yet  untested,  but 
afterward  so  sorely  tried,  and  never  found  lacking,  it  was 
no  wonder  that  in  the  years  that  followed,  the  regiment 
was  often  selected  to  perform  duties  requiring  both  cour 
age  and  discipline,  secresy  and  dispatch. 


30  i23t>    OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 

To  Zanesville  by  rail,  and  then  down  the  Muskingum 
river,  on  transports  to  Parkersburg,  stopping  at  several 
places  on  the  river,  some  of  which,  and  McConnelsville 
in  particular,  no  doubt  remembered  our  visit  for  some 
time. 

On  the  1 9th,  we  left  on  board  of  box  cars,  in  two 
trains,  for  Clarksburg,  on  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Rail 
road.  On  the  way  a  man  belonging  to  Company  H  was 
severely  injured,  and  just  after  having  passed  through  a 
tunnel,  the  rear  train  ran  into  the  one  just  ahead  of  it. 
Three  cars  were  thrown  from  the  track,  and  down  an 
embankment,  yet  strange  to  say,  none  were  very  seri 
ously  injured,  though  all  were  pretty  severely  shook  up. 
The  engineer  and  conductor  were  strongly  threatened  by 
the  boys,  who  believed  them  rebels  at  heart,  and  that  the 
accident  was  a  put-up  affair.  However,  matters  were  at 
length  quieted,  and  soon  we  were  on  our  way  for  Clarks 
burg,  where  we  arrived  on  the  2oth,  and  went  into 
camp.  Here  we  received  Sjbley  tents,  five  to  a  com 
pany,  and  two  wall  tents  for  the  officers  of  each  compa 
ny.  We  thought  them  anything  but  extra  residences, 
but  before  the  war  was  over  a  new  "dog  tent"  was 
counted  a  palace.  Nothing  of  interest  occured  here, 
and  on  the  2yth  none  were  sorry  when  we  received  orders 
to  break  camp  and  proceed  to  Buckhannon,  distance  27 
miles.  This,  our  first  day's  march,  was  through  the 
worst  mud  we  ever  saw,  and  over  a  road  which  only  a 
Western  Virginian  can  appreciate.  Afterward  we  laughed 


1230  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  31 

about  this  march,  and  would  have  considered  it  a  little 
pleasure  jaunt,  but  at  that  time,  to  us,  those  eleven  miles 
seemed  a  hundred.  We  reached  Buckhannon  on  the  morn 
ing  of  the  aQth,  and  remained  there  in  camp — resting — 
until  November  2d,  when  away  we  went  toward  Beverly, 
thirty-one  miles  distant.  The  first  night  out  we  camped 
at  the  Middle  Fork  of  Tygart  Valley  river,  eleven  miles 
from  our  start  of  the  morning.  On  the  bridge  that 
spans  the  creek  at  this  point  we  found  cut  in  the  wood  the 
familiar  names  of  friends  in  Company  E,  8th  Ohio,  who 
had  gone  this  way  before  us. 

It  was  here  the  boys  of  Company  G  cared  so  well  for 
the  teamster  of  a  runaway  team,  with  the  wagon  of  the 
medical  purveyor,  laden  with  wines  and  whisky,  and  at 
the  same  time  captured  all  the  bottles  with  corks  out,  or 
that  could  be  pulled  out.  However,  in  the  morning  not 
a  vestage  of  a  cork  or  bottle  could  be  found  about  Com 
pany  G's  quarters. 

The  next  day  we  marched  eighteen  miles,  reaching 
Beverly.  On  the  way  we  passed  the  Rich  Mountain  bat 
tle  ground,  the  engagement  at  this  place,  near  a  year 
previous,  having  been  so  called  up  to  that  time,  but  the 
big  events  that  followed  soon  after  our  visit,  caused  it  to 
take  rank  as  a  skirmish  only.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  it  was  here  that  the  8yth  Pennsylvania  attempted  to 
force  the  guard,  and  thus  roam  through  the  village  at 
will ;  but  finding  that  two  batteries  were  rapidly  wheeled 
into  position,  and  the  balance  of  the  brigade  ready  to 


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fire  on  them,  finally  carried  off  their  two  comrades  whom 
the  guard  had  shot  down  for  attempting  to  pass,  and  sul 
lenly  retired  to  their  camp.  We  remained  here  "resting 
up"  until  the  yth,  marching  that  day  to  Huttonville, 
eleven  miles  distant,  and  sure  enough,  it  was  a  village  of 
Huts,  and  of  a  very  few  huts  at  that.  We  had  a  rather 
cold  rainy  time  of  it  here,  and  a  good  many  of  the  boys 
were  taken  sick  and  sent  back  to  Beverly. 

While  lying  at  Huttonville,  Lieutenant  Randolph,  of 
Company  B,  was  sent  out  forty  miles  to  call  in  a  com 
mand  that  was  on  the  road  towards  Staunton.  Procur 
ing  a  good  horse,  he  started  alone,  armed  only  with  a 
sabre  and  revolver,  and  carried  the  order  through  the 
enemy's  country  and  returned  safely  to  his  command. 
We  were  all  glad  to  see  him  back,  for  it  was  an  undertak 
ing  fraught  with  dangers  at  every  turn — besides,  if  taken 
prisoner,  the  chances  of  being  treated  as  a  spy  stared 
him  in  the  face. 

We  remained  here  until  November  i5th,  when  we  re 
turned  to  Beverly,  and  encamped  for  the  night  on  a  level 
plat  of  ground  just  east  of  the  town. 

Not  soon  will  Mrs.  Arnold,  a  Union  lady,  although 
the  only  sister  of  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  residing  at  this 
place,  be  forgotten  by  the  men  of  the  i23d  Regiment. 
Taking  as  many  of  our  sick  as  she  possibly  could  into  her 
own  house,  she  nursed  them  through  their  sickness  as 
only  a  loving  mother  could — two  of  them  she  nursed 
through  a  long  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  and  that,  too, 


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after  the  surgeon  in  charge  had  pronounced  them  hope 
less,  and  to  her  loving  care  and  watchful  tenderness  do 
these  two  boys  yet  live,  owing  her  their  lives. 

We  received  company  wagons  here,  and  on  the  i6th, 
started  for  Webster,  fifty-four  miles  distant,  arriving  there 
on  the  1 8th.  On  the  route  we  passed  over  Laurel  Hill, 
where  many  a  root  was  dug  for  the  pipe,  with  which  to 
cheer  our  lonely  hours,  and  passed  the  scene  of  the  battle 
of  Phillippi,  one  of  the  most  considerable  fights  of  West 
Virginia.  The  grand  scenery  along  the  route  of  this 
entire  march  made  the  trip  worth  the  taking,  for  that,  if 
nothing  more,  and  surely  none  of  us  could  see  for  what 
other  purpose  our  journeyings  of  the  past  two  weeks 
could  possibly  be,  unless  it  was  as  the  boys  invariably 
would  answer,  "  military  strategy,  my  boy,"  though  the 
wisdom  of  this  sort  of  thing  we  learned  soon  to  distrust. 
From  Webster  \ve  took  the  cars  for  New  Creek,  arriving 
there  on  the  ujth.  On  the  22d  we  had  our  first  grand  re 
view  by  General  Robt.  Milroy,  accompanied  by  General 
Cluseret,  who  has  since  figured  conspicuously  in  the  late 
French  war.  We  remained  at  New  Creek  until  Decem 
ber  1 2th,  and  during  which  time,  besides  being  vaccinated 
pretty  thoroughly,  were  brigaded  and  rebrigaded  a  num 
ber  of  times,  finally  forming  a  part  of  Col.  Washburn's 
brigade,  with  which  command  we  moved  out  to  Burling 
ton,  thirteen  miles  distant,  and  remained  there  awaiting 
orders. 

Up  to  this  time,  we  had  scarcely  realized  that  we  were 
[*4] 


34  I23t>    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

in  reality  men  of  war — true,  we  had  made  some  hard 
marches,  and  camped  out  in  the  snow  and  rain,  after 
plodding  along  all  day  through  slush  and  mud ;  but  as 
yet  we  had  not  met  the  sterner  realities  belonging  and 
ncidental  to  a  soldier's  life  ;  it  seemed  more  like  a  pic 
nic  excursion,  without  any  definite  object  or  end ;  later 
we  gave  more  thought  to  the  situation,  and  study  to  the 
chances  of  war. 

On  the  morning  of  the  iyth  we  again  broke  camp, 
and  on  the  afternoon  of  the  i8th  arrived  at  Petersburg, 
a  small  hamlet  forty-two  miles  from  New  Creek.  We, 
in  a  general  way,  now  understood  that  a  force  of  rebels 
were  near,  and  great  caution  was  observed  on  the  picket 
line,  and  very  little  wandering  from  camp  was  indulged 
in  by  the  men.  And  to  see  how  alert  the  camp 
was,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  ipth  the  long  roll  was 
sounded,  our  regiment  getting  into  line  in  six  minutes. 
That  night  we  slept  upon  our  arms  for  the  first  time,  at  a 
later  day  a  very  ordinary  occurrence.  On  the  28th,  the 
1 1 6th  O.  V.  I.,  and  one  section  of  the  ist  Virginia  bat 
tery  left  for  Moorefield,  about  eleven  miles  distant,  and 
took  possession  of  the  town.  We  remained  here  until 
January  3d.  At  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  orders 
were  received  to  break  camp  at  once ;  tents  were  struck, 
wagons  loaded,  and  started  for  New  Creek,  and  by  quar 
ter  past  ten  we  were  on  the  way  to  Moorefield.  Soon  af 
ter  starting,  the  firing  of  cannon  was  heard,  satisfying  us 
that  there  was  business  ahead.  Never  did  the  regiment 


1230  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  35 

march  better ;  those  eleven  miles  were  passed  over  in 
two  hours  and  ten  minutes.  Reaching  the  river  bank, 
Co.  A.  was  sent  down  the  left  bank  of  the  river,  and  Cos. 
B  and  G  were  ordered  across  to  feel  of  the  enemy,  who 
had  surrounded  the  n6th  on  a  hill  near  the  town.  Shots 
from  a  rebel  battery  on  the  hill  beyond  soon  sent  them 
back  to  the  river  bank,  where  they  had  orders  to  remain 
and  await  the  return  of  scouts,  who  had  been  sent  out 
to  reach  the  camp  of  the  n 6th,  if  possible.  All  this 
time  a  continued  firing  was  kept  up  from  a  section  of  our 
artillery,  which  must  have  done  good  execution,  for  the 
enemy  did  not  long  reply.  Before  night  we  joined  the 
1 1 6th,  the  rebels  having  withdrawn  their  forces. 

The  morning  was  very  bright  and  pleasant,  but  by 
night  the  winds  swept  cold  and  bleak  down  the  valley, 
and  we  passed  about  as  disagreeable  a  night  as  at  any 
time  during  the  war,  for  it  will  be  remembered  that  our 
wagon  train  was  sent  back  to  New  Creek  with  all  our 
cooking  utensils,  provision  and  much  of  our  heavier 
clothing;  and  though  the  n6th  Ohio  did  all  they  could 
for  our  comfort,  still  our  condition  was  anything  but 
comfortable. 

On  the  4th,  a  brigade  came  up  under  command  of 
General  Mulligan,  who  now  assumed  command  of  all  the 
troops.  The  night  again  set  in  cold  and  blustering,  and 
as  none  of  us  had  blankets,  a  cool  prospect  was  in  view. 
Skirmishing  began  early  for  a  bundle  of  hay  or  straw  for 
covering,  and  all  prepared  to  make  the  best  of  the  situ- 


36  1230   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

ation.  Two  smart  chaps  from  Co.  G  crawled  into  a 
wagon  box,  with  their  little  bundle  of  hay  to  pass  the 
night,  and  were  soon  in  the  land  of  dreams,  but  their 
comfort  was  of  short  duration,  for  a  stray  mule,  wander 
ing  that  way,  proceeded  to  help  himself  from  their  cov 
ering,  and  did  not  desist  so  long  as  a  straw  remained. 
The  increased  cold  soon  waked  the  boys  up,  and  after 
expressing  their  feelings  in  a  very  forcible  manner,  sought 
other  quarters  in  which  to  pass  the  remainder  of  the 
night. 

At  half  p  ist  one,  on  the  morning  of  January  6th,  five 
companies  of  the  i23d,  and  five  companies  of  the  u6th, 
with  Mulligan's  Brigade,  started  out  to  attack  a  camp  of 
Rebels,  distant  nine  miles,  but  after  marching  to  near 
the  point  designated,  found  that  they  had  left  in  a  great 
hurry  for  a  more  southern  clime;  returning  to  camp, 
we  arrived  there  at  3  o'clock  A.  M.,  having  marched 
eighteen  miles — a  long  walk  before  breakfast.  It  was 
on  this  march  that  Gen.  Mulligan  compelled  the  men  to 
throw' down  captured  chickens  and  turkeys,  which  other 
wise  would  have  made  many  a  good  breakfast  on  our 
arrival  in  camp  it  is  needless  to  say,  that  this  sort  of  fool 
ing  was  not  indulged  in  to  any  extent  in  later  years. 
It  was  on  this  occasion,  that  the  incident  happened,  which 
Col.  Wilson  is  so  fond  of  relating,  and  which  always 
provokes  a  hearty  laugh  from  listeners,  especially  those 
who  remember  old  Capt.  Newman,  of  Company  H., 
who  when  asked  how  he  came  to  set  such  an  example 


1230    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  37 

before  his  men,  as  to  capture  a  turkey,  with  the  evident 
intention  of  taking  it  into  camp,  remarked  that  the 
"Tarn  durkey  coom'd  a  runnin  out  of  the  gate  mit  his 
mouth  vide  open,  and  Colonel,  you  don't  tink  I  is  goin 
to  let  a  tarn  durkey  bite  me?  no  sir!  As  a  matter  of 
course  a  reprimand  was  not  administered.  The  next 
day  a  part  of  the  Regiment  went  out  foraging  for 
grain;  and  in  the  afternoon,  fireing  being  heard  in  the 
direction  taken  by  them,  reinforcements  were  sent  out  to 
their  assistance ;  but  they  soon  met  the  boys  coming  in 
all  right,  with  their  wagons  loaded  principally  with 
grain;  but  chickens,  potatoes,  onions,  &c.,  entered 
largely  into  the  cargo,  and  a  pretty  good  supper  was  the 
the  result. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  one  night  while* here,  our 
regiment  was  quartered  in  the  Court  House,  whereupon 
some  good  citizens,  loyal  to  the  Southern  cause,  went  to 
Gen.  Mulligan  and  asked  that  the  desecration  be  no 
longer  allowed ;  orders  were  immediately  issued  that  we 
should  vacate  at  once,  which  of  course  we  did,  but  in 
no  very  amiable  mood ;  for  the  ground  was  covered  with 
snow,  and  as  yet  we  had  not  received  our  blankets.  The 
matting  however  that  the  aisles  were  carpeted  with,  was 
all  cut  into  strips  and  carried  with  us,  and  used  for  bed 
ding  as  long  as  we  remained  there. 

On  the  9th  of  January  we  received  orders  to  march  to 
Romney,  but  delayed  starting  until  the  next  day,  camp 
ing  at  night  eighteen  miles  from  Moorefield,  passing  the 


38         I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

dwelling  house  of  the  guerilla  chief,  Capt.  McNiel,  and 
for  the  first  time,  at  least  many  of  us,  saw  regular 
Southern  Slave  quarters.  The  next  day  at  3  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon  we  arrived  in  Romney,  which  we  found  in 
a  very  dilapidated  condition. 

It  soon  became  apparent  that  we  were  to  remain  here 
all  winter,  and  all  tried  to  fix  up  in  as  comfortable 
shape  as  possible,  but  a  more  cheerless  spot  to  spend  the 
winter  in  could  hardly  have  been  selected,  as  the  winds 
had  a  fair  sweep  in  three  different  directions,  and  as  a 
general  thing  improved  the  opportunity  in  one  direction 
or  the  other,  much  to  our  discomfort  and  disgust.  Our 
life  here  was  one  continual  round  of  picket  duty  or  for 
aging.  Very  seldom  did  anything  occur  to  break  the 
usual  monotony.  However  on  the  i6th  of  February  five 
teams  from  our  regiment  and  fourteeen  from  the  n6th 
Ohio  Regiment,  under  escort  of  Company  F,,  n6th, 
Capt.  Brown  commanding,  went  towards  Moorefield,  for 
aging  for  hay,  and  on  their  return,  when  within  about 
six  miles  of  Romney,  were  captured  by  the  guerilla, 
Capt.  McNiel,  with  twenty-six  men,  owing  to  the  bad 
management  of  Capt.  Brown,  who  allowed  his  men  to 
straggle  all  over  the  country,  so  that  not  more  than  three 
or  four  of  them  were  together  at  any  one  time,  which 
made  their  capture  a  very  easy  matter. 

Capt.  Brown  was  subsequently  court  martialed,  and 
found  guilty  of  basely  deserting  his  command  in  the 
face  of  the  enemy.  Our  men  were  well  treated  by  Capt. 


1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         39 

McNiel,  who  gave  them  money  to  buy  their  dinner,  and 
taking  their  parole,  sent  them  back  to  camp.  The  next 
morning  Col.  Washburn,  of  116  O.  V.  I.,  commanding 
Brigade,  called  upon  the  i23d  for  a  company  to  go  out 
to  the  scene  of  the  capture  and  bring  in  anything  they 
might  find.  Capt.  Horace  Kellogg's  Company  was  soon 
in  readiness  and  on  the  move.  They  found  five  wagons 
all  sound,  but  the  others  were  all  burned,  nothing  but 
the  irons  and  a  heap  of  ashes  left  where  each  wagon 
had  stood.  The  company  returned  to  camp  without 
accident,  with  the  exception  of  accidentally  shooting 
several  of  the  domestic  feathered  family,  which  carelessly 
strayed  across  the  road.  Our  regiment  was  now  encamp 
ed  upon  the  ground  occupied  by  the  55th  O.  V.  I.  while 
encamped  here  one  year  previous.  The  boys  planted 
evergreens  along  their  company  streets  and  about  com 
pany  headquarters,  making  our  camp  look  very  pleasant 
and  homelike.  While  lying  here  company  officers  were 
ordered  before  a  military  board  of  examiners  to  test 
their  military  tactics,  drill,  &c.  There  was  considerable 
uneasiness  manifested  by  some,  but  as  it  appeared  after 
wards,  without  cause,  for  the  board,  for  some  unknown 
reason  never  convened,  and  thus  the  troublesome  ordeal 
never  was  passed,  though  several  of  our  officers  con 
cluded  that  they  had  experienced  about  all  the  soldiering 
they  cared  for  and  tendered  their  resignations  which 
were  accepted,  and  some  promotions  were  made  as  the 
necessary  result.  We  had  very  little  opportunity  for 


40         I  2 30  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

drill,  as  it  was  usually  very  muddy,  and  so  the  winter  wore 
monotonously  away,  relieved  now  and  then  by  the  re 
ceiving  of  boxes  from  our  friends  at  home,  and,  though 
we  did  not  materially  need  their  contents,  still  this  evi 
dence  that  we  were  warmly  remembered  by  the  dear 
ones  at  home,  gave  us  renewed  zeal  in  the  work  we  had 
so  cheerfully  volunteered  to  do.  Some  of  our  officers' 
wives  visited  us  while  here,  and  though  many  of  us  did 
not  even  know  them,  their  cheerful  smiles  and  kind 
words  warmed  the  hearts  of  many  a  homesick  boy,  and 
created  within  our  breasts  a  firm  determination  to  do 
all  that  lay  in  our  power  to  preserve  inviolate  the  homes 
of  the  noble  women  whom  we  had  left  behind. 

Never  shall  be  forgotten  with  what  avidity  we  devoured 
the  contents  of  our  letters  from  home,  and  how  sorrow- 
ingly  we  would  turn  away  when  the  unwelcome  intelli 
gence  was  announced,  "no  letters  to-day."  This  anxiety 
for  news  from  home  may  seem  a  little  strange,  but  when 
it  is  remembered  that  many  of  the  boys  were  away 
from  home  for  the  first  time  and  with  no  very  certain 
hope  of  ever  again  returning,  it  is  not  to  be  wonderd  at. 

We  were  all  ready  for  the  order  to  move  when  it 
came,  March  i4th,  1863,  for  we  were  thoroughly  tired 
of  lying  here  dqing  nothing,  and  all  were  anxious  to 
engage  in  the  real  business  of  war.  On  the  morning  of 
the  1 5th  we  started  towards  Winchester  and  marched 
twenty  one  miles,  encamping  just  east  of  Blue  Gap. 
While  passing  through  the  Gap  a  terrific  thunder  storm 


I  2  30  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.          41 

burst  upon  us,  the  rain  falling  in  perfect  sheets,  drench 
ing  us  to  the  skin.  It  was  certainly  a  wild  and  beautifuj 
sight,  the  mountains  rising  on  either  side  to  a  consider 
able  licighth,  the  lightening  flashing,  as  it  appeared,  from 
crag  to  crag,  the  thunder  reverberating  down  the  sides 
of  clifts,  caused  a  feeling  of  awe  to  creep  over  every 
•heart ;  but  the  sun  soon  burst  out  in  all  its  splendor,  and 
dispelled  the  gloom  as  with  a  magicians  wand.  It  was 
here  we  received  the  order  that  only  the  top  rail  of  the 
fences  should  be  taken  for  fire  wood ;  of  course  the 
order  was  construed  that  we  shouldn't  take  the  bottom 
one,  and  was  therefore  strictly  carried  out.  We  en 
camped  near  a  meadow  and  the  stacks  of  hay  still  stand 
ing  in  the  field  were  chiefly  converted  into  fodder  for  the 
horses,  and  bedding  for  the  boys.  Very  soon  the  camp- 
kettles  were  steaming  and  supper  prepared,  after  which 
all  lay  down  and  enjoyed  a  refreshing  sleep,  such  as 
those  only  can  appreciate  who  have  been  similarly  situ 
ated.  The  next  day  we  were  on  the  march  bright  and 
early,  encamping  at  night  at  Hayfield  Church,  fourteen 
miles  from  the  start  of  the  morning,  on  the  finest  ground 
we  had  yet  occupied  as  a  camp,  and  near  several  springs 
of  clear,  cold  water.  We  arrived  in  Winchester  the 
next  day,  March  i  yth,  and  went  into  camp  on  the  hill 
near  the  old  fort,  where  we  remained  for  several  days, 
finally  changing  to  a  park  near  the  Rebel  burying 
ground,  a  splendid  camping  ground,  which  the  boys 
fully  appreciated. 


42  1 2  3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

On  the  4th  of  April  we  had  Division  Review,  our  regi. 
ment  being  second  best  as  to  general  condition  and 
drill. 

April  22d,  we  went  on  a  scout  up  the  valley  as  far  as 
Strasburg,  our  cavalry  having  a  little  tilt  with  the  enemy, 
but  nothing  decisive  resulted.  On  the  next  day  we  re 
turned  to  Winchester  with  thirty  prisoners.  On  the  25th 
we  again  started  up  the  valley,  the  next  day  arriving  at 
Wardonsville,  distant  thirty-one  miles.  On  the  way  we 
passed  the  celebrated  Capon  Springs,  a  beautiful  place, 
reopened  since  the  war. 

On  the  morrow  we  marched  to  Lost  River,  and  find 
ing  the  bridge  gone,  we  returned  to  our  camp  of  the 
night  previous.  On  the  route  we  passed  some  of  the 
wildest  and  most  beautiful  scenery  that  West  Virginia 
can  boast  of.  On  the  2yth  we  again  started  for  More- 
field,  with  arrangements  for  crossing  the  river,  but  when 
nine  miles  out  received  orders  to  return,  and  went  into 
camp  at  Wardonsville  for  the  third  time.  The  next  day 
we  inarched  to  Strasburg,  where  the  i3th  Pennsylvania 
cavalry  was  led  into  an  ambush,  losing  several  men  in 
killed  and  wounded.  The  Rebels,  however,  were 
driven  out,  though  no  general  engagement  occured. 
The  next  day  we  returned  to  Winchester,  having  marched 
ninety-four  miles,  and  that  too  without  having  accom 
plished  any  particular  end  as  we  could  see.  When  in 
camp  we  were  drilling  steadily  seven  hours  a  day,  gain 
ing  in  proficiency  in  the  arts  of  war  every  day,  and  fit- 


1 2 30   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  43 

ting  ourselves  to  undergo  the  fatigue  and  hardships  that 
we  were  soon  to  be  called  upon  to  endure. 

We  did  a  large  amount  of  hard  work  while  in  the  val 
ley,  up  to  June  1 2th  ;  long  scouts  up  the  valley  were  a 
weekly  occurrence,  and  heavy  picket  and  fatigue  duty  was 
the  daily  order  of  exercise,  still,  thanks  to  the  excellent 
water  and  fine  weather,  the  health  of  the  regiment  was  in 
the  main  good.  On  the  5th  of  May,  we  started  out  with 
a  week's  rations  and  forty  rounds,  on  a  scout.  The  first 
day  out  we  marched  for  three  hours  through  a  drenching 
rain-storm,  such  as  only  occurs  in  the  valleys,  we  went  to 
New  Market,  and  returned  to  Winchester  on  the  9th, 
having  marched  one  hundred  and  four  miles.  We  saw 
a  few  miserable  bushwhackers,  but  nothing  that  would 
indicate  any  rebel  force. 

It  was  soon  after  this  trip  that  the  entire  regiment 
went  out  on  road  work,  making  four  miles  of  McAda- 
mized  road  in  three  days. 

Soon  after  our  arrival  at  Winchester,  our  Adjutant,  W. 
V.  McCracken,  and  ist  Lieutenant  Hugh  L.  McKee,  of 
company  D,  were  detailed  on  Gen.  Milroy's  staff,  where 
the  former  served  until  after  the  battle  of  Winchester, 
and  the  latter  was  promoted  to  Captain  and  Assistant 
Quarter-Master,  and  never  again  returned  to  the  regiment. 
On  the  Qth  of  June,  Lieut.  Gillam  of  company  F  died  of 
typhoid  fever.  He  had  been  sick  for  a  long  time/and  had 
every  attention  and  care,  his  wife  being  with  him  nearly 
all  the  time. 


44         J-3D  OHI°  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

'On  the  afternoon  of  June  i2th  the  Long  Roll  sounded 
and  the  regiment  with  the  n6th  Ohio  Infantry,  izth 
Virginia,  and  Battery  D,  and  a  regiment  of  cavalry 
started  out  on  the  valley  pike.  When  beyond  Kearnstown 
we  met  the  enemy  in  considrable  force,  and  drawing 
them  into  an  enfilading  fire,  gave  them  so  warm  a  recep 
tion  that  they  started  up  the  valley  faster  than  they  had 
come  down.  We  captured  a  good  many  prisoners,  and 
after  night  fall,  we  returned  to  camp — satisfied  that  the 
next  day  would  bring,  as  the  boys  termed  it,  "  business," 
and,  as  events  proved,  their  conjectures  were  well 
founded. 


I25D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  45 


CliAPTKR      III. 


ACCOUNT    OF    THE     ENGAGEMENT    AT     WINCHESTER,    JUNE 
13'1'H,     I4TH    AND    15'1'H,     1863. 

June  1 3th  dawned  clear  and  bright  on  the  Valley 
City,  the  quiet  hush  of  morning  gave  little  indication  of 
the  scene  of  carnage  so  soon  to  be  enacted.  About  9 
o'clock  in  the  morning  the  long  roll  sounded  to  arms, 
and  soon  the  regiment  was  in  line  awaiting  orders.  Soon 
they  came  and  we  were  rapidly  moved  up  the  pike  to 
Kearnstown,  where  after  having  deployed  a  heavy  line 
of  skirmishers,  the  regiment  was  halted  and  remained 
until  about  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  when  rapidly  drawing  in 
our  skirmishers,  we  fell  back  a  short  distance  and  took 
up  a  position  west  of  the  pike.  While  crossing  the  pike 
the  enemy  opened  a  sharp  fire  upon  us,  and  several  men 
were  killed  or  wounded,  but  the  regiment  behaved 
splendidly,  taking  their  position  as  colly  as  veterans, 
though  under  fire,  as  you  might  say  for  the  first  time. 
Volley  after  volley  was  now  poured  into  the  enemies 
ranks,  which  must  have  done  good  execution,  as  their 
fire  very  sensibly  slackened.  We  again  changed  position 


46  123!)  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

to  a  slight  eminence  a  few  rods  in  the  rear,  where  the 
regiment  remained  firm,  receiving  and  returning  the 
enemy's  fire  as  calmly  as  though  drawn  up  on  dress  par 
ade  until  night  drew  her  curtains  about  us  and  put  an 
end  to  the  carnage.  Our  lines  were  now  drawn  close 
around  the  city,  our  regiment  remaining  in  line  until 
long  after  midnight,  when  we  were  relieved  and  allowed 
a  few  hours  for  rest.  In  this  day's  fight  the  regiment's 
loss  was  seventy-six  men  in  killed  and  wounded.  The 
men  acted  grandly,  receiving  praise  for  their  gallant 
conduct  from  Gen.  Milroy  in  person. 

The  next  morning  we  were  ordered  into  the  fort  where 
we  remained  until  evening,  when  we  were  ordered  to 
make  a  sortie,  but  were  driven  back,  the  enemy  having 
captured  one  of  our  outer  posts,  and  turned  their  guns 
upon  us. 

Our  forces  now  all  rallied  upon  the  main  fort  where 
the  enemy  charged  us,  but  they  were  easily  repulsed,  and 
they  did  not  again  make  the  attempt. 

All  were  now  confidant  that  our  position  was  no  longer 
tenable,  the  Rebels  being  largely  superior  in  numbers 
and  rapidly  concentrating  more  troops  in  our  vicinity ;  a 
council  of  war  was  held,  when  it  was  decided  to  make 
the  attempt  to  cut  our  way  through  to  Harper's  Ferry  if 
possible.  About  2  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  movement 
began ;  the  column  moved  out  on  the  Martinsburg  pike. 
Our  regiment  having  the  advance,  all  went  well  until  we 
had  put  about  five  miles  between  us  and  Winchester,  and 


I2^t>    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  47 

were  congratulating  ourselves  on  getting  out  so  nicely, 
when  all  at  once  our  advance  guard  struck  the  enemy, 
who  had  marched  around  and  got  in  our  rear  during  the 
night. 

Our  regiment  and  the  8yth  Pennsylvania  were  rapidly 
got  into  position,  and  immediately  charged  the  Rebels, 
who  were  drawn  up  in  a  wood  just  to  the  right  of  the 
road,  capturing  their  artillery,  but  were  unable  to  hold 
them  against  the  murderous  fire  now  poured  into  our 
ranks,  and  sullenly  retired  for  a  short  distance.  Two 
other  regiments  were  now  hurried  into  position,  when  we 
again  moved  to  the  charge.  In  steady  and  firm  line  we 
now  advanced,  and,  though,  grape  and  canister  ploughed 
great  lanes  through  our  poor  ranks,  not  a  man  faltered 
or  turned  back ;  but  the  gallant  old  regiment  was  leav 
ing  its  track  marked  with  its  dead  and  its  dying.  Once 
more  their  guns  were  ours,  again  their  deadly  fire  forced 
our  now  sadly  weakened  lines  slowly  back,  but  only  a 
few  rods,  when  once  more  a  strong  line  was  formed  and 
our  boys  stood  grim  and  firm  awaiting  the  next  move.  It 
will  be  remembered  that  all  this  fighting  was  done  in  the 
darkness,  though  the  gray  of  morning  began  faintly  to  light 
up  the  scene  as  the  regiment  retired  from  this  charge. 
The  terrific  picture  presented  in  that  wood  we  shall  not 
soon  forget ;  the  flashes  of  musketry  in  the  darkness, 
casting  a  sickly  glare  all  around  ;  the  roar  of  artillery, 
the  crashing  of  grape  shot  through  the  brush;  the  cheers 
of  the  charging  troops,  and  cries  of  the  dying  left  an  im- 


48  A  2  3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    iKFANTRV. 

press  that  will  remain  vivid  in  our  memories  while  time 
with  us  remains. 

Not  long  were  we  held  inactive ;  for  the  third  time, 
over  the  same  ground,  did  our  gallannt  little  band  make 
their  way,  and  though  greatly  weakened  in  numbers, 
with  unfaltering  step,  and  shoulder  to  shoulder,  the  dan 
gerous  distance  was  again  traversed,  but  only  to  repeat  the 
sickening  details  of  the  first  and  second  charges.  On  re 
tiring  from  this  last  assault  we  fell  slowly  back  out  of  the 
range  of  their  guns,  repulsed — sadly  stricken,  yet  still 
undaunted,  for  by  this  time  we,  of  course,  supposed  that 
the  entire  army  would  be  on  the  ground  and  in  shape  for 
action.  That  we  were  whipped  we  had  not  the  remotest 
idea,  and  when  a  white  flag  was  hoisted — as  we  after 
wards  learned — by  the  orders  of  Col.  Ely  of  the  iSth 
.Connecticut,  who  was  left  in  command,  all  were  com 
pletely  taken  aback,  for  there  was  not  the  slightest  doubt 
but  that  we  could  have  got  away  as  easily  as  not ;  how 
ever  we  had  to  submit  and  surrendered  three  hundred 
and  one  men  and  twenty-one  commissioned  officers. 

Throughout  these  three  days  of  bloody  baptism,  the 
men  and  officers  behaved  in  the  most  gallant  manner.  In 
the  storm  of  grape  and  canister  Col.  Wilson,  Lieut. -Col. 
Hunter  and  Maj.  Horace  Kellogg,  rode  their  horses  as 
coolly  as  though  it  were  simply  a  hail  storm,  which,  un 
doubtedly,  contributed  greatly  in  keeping  the  regiment 
so  firmly  to  the  work. 

In    making    the    second    charge    Major   Kellogg  was 


t23t>   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  49 

severely  wounded,  and  retired  soon  after  from  the  field 
and  succeeded  in  making  his  escape  into  Maryland,  where 
those  of  the  regiment  who  made  their  escape  were  sub 
sequently  collected  together.  Company  D,  Capt.  Shaw- 
han  commanding,  being  on  provost  duty,  were  in  charge 
of  the  prisoners,  and  of  course  did  not  participate  in  the 
fight,  which  was  not  only  fortunate  for  them,  but  for  the 
regiment  also,  as  otherwise  there  would  have  been  no 
nucleus  around  which  to  gather.  In  this  engagement 
our  loss  was  fifty-one  men  in  killed  and  wounded,  and 
three  officers  wounded,  one  of  whom,  Capt.  Bender  of 
company  I,  afterwards  died  in  prison.  We  afterwards 
learned  that,  while  our  regiment  together  with  four 
others,  was  making  this  desperate  fight,  the  rtst 
of  our  forces  flanked  the  enemy  and  pushed  right  on  to 
Harper's  Ferry,  leaving  us  to  our  fate  ;  perhaps  it  was 
for  the  best,  but,  from  our  stand-point,  we  failed  to  see  the 
beauty  of  the  strategy. 

We  were  taken  back  to  Winchester  about  noon,  pre 
paratory  to  being  sent  in  to  Dixie,  which  was  soon 
after  done. 


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50  123D   OHIO   VOLUNT      R   INFANTRY. 


CHAPTER      IV. 


HISTORY  OF  REGIMENT  FROM  JUNE  I5TH,  1863,  TO  MAY 

l8TH,  1864,  INCLUDING  THE  ENGAGEMENT] 

AT  NEW  MARKET. 

So  large  a  portion  of  the  regiment  being  now  cap 
tured,  we  propose  to  follow  their  fortunes  into  Rebel- 
dom  as  a  regiment.  Company  D.  acting  as  provost 
guard  to  Gen.  Milroy,  went  out  with  the  balance  of  the 
army,  doing  guard  duty  at  various  points  until  the  regi 
ment  was  again  organized,  as  will  subsequently  appear. 
After  the  surrender  of  the  forces  by  Col.  Ely,  as  nar 
rated,  the  men  of  the  i23d  were  marched  into  the  fort 
at  Winchester,  and  there  confined  until  such  time  as  the 
Rebels  could  make  it  convenient  to  take  them  to  their 
future  prison. 

Now,  indeed,  did  the  situation  seem  anything  but 
cheerful ;  the  Rebel  army  had  passed  north,  and  as  we 
supposed,  were  marching  about  unopposed,  over  the 
States  of  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania.  They  had  made 
their  boasts  that  some  of  the  great  cities  of  the  North 
should  taste  the  horrors  of  war,  and  we  did  not  know  but 


123D   OHIO   VOLtflSfT£ER    INFANTRY.  5! 

at  that  moment  Lee's  hordes  might  be  running  "riot 
through  the  streets  of  Philadelphia.  The  cause  of  the 
Union,  the  cause  for  which  we  had  suffered,  seemed  at  a 
low  ebb.  It  will  be  remembered  that  we  were  now 
passing  through  a  phase  of  life  entirely  different  from 
anything  heretofore  experienced.  Very  few  of  us  had 
ever  been  in  duress  for  a  single  instant;  and  thus  to  be 
deprived  of  our  liberties,  to  become  the  creatures  ot 
another's  will,  it  is  not  surprising  that  our  faith  for  a  time 
weakened,  and  the  darkness  of  despair  seemed  well  nigh 
upon  us.  We,  however,  were  treated  with  some  degree 
of  humanity  by  the  Rebels,  and  received  many  proofs 
that  there  were  some  good  and  true  Union  people  living 
in  Winchester,  for  which  they,  one  year  later,  received 
satisfactory  and  substantial  tokens  of  our  esteem. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  i6th,  the  men  were  started  on 
their  long  journey  to  Richmond,  arriving  at  Staunton  on 
the  22(\,  distant  ninety  miles.  Here  we  took  the  cars 
for  Richmond,  arriving  there  on  the  23d.  It  seemed  as 
though  the  entire  Rebel  capitol  had  turned  out  to  see 
the  Yankees,  and  would  hoot  and  hiss  at  us  as  we  passed 
along.  The  officers  took  up  their  quarters  at  Hotel-de- 
Libby;  the  men  were  furnished  accommodations  on 
"  Belle-Isle,"  which  by  the  way  was  nothing  more  nor 
less  than  a  large  sand  bank,  with  a  few  trees  upon  it,  situ 
ated  near  the  south  bank  of  the  James  River.  We  were 
closely  guarded,  not  even  allowed  the  privilege  of  buy 
ing  one  of  their  own  papers,  though  we  managed  to  get 


52  !23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

one  now  and  then  from  the  guards.  It  is  needless  to 
recount  our  sufferings  here,  as  no  pen  can  do  adequate 
justice  to  the  subject.  I  will  only  say  that  the  meat  and 
soup  were  full  of  maggots,  and  the  bread  so  stale  and 
sour  as  to  be  almost  unpalatable,  these  constituting  our 
eatables,  while  the  water  we  drank  was  even  worse. 

On  the  6th  of  July  the  majority  of  the  men  were  parol 
ed, and  were  taken  to  City  Point,  by  rail,  via  Petersburg, 
and  delivered  to  the  United  States  authorities.  Never 
were  the  Stars  and  Stripes  more  enthusiastically  cheered, 
than  when  we  first  saw  them  streaming  from  the  Flag  of 
the  Truce  boat ;  once  on  board  we  had  plenty  to  eat,  and 
soon  all  were  in  high  spirits.  On  arriving  at  Annapolis — 
where  those  left  in  prison  joined  us  one  week  later — we 
were  furnished  new  clothing  throughout,  our  old  ones 
being  full  of  "  gray-backs,"  and  were  supplied  with  com 
fortable  quarters  Very  soon  the  boys  began  to  scatter 
to  their  homes,  where  most  of  them  were  allowed  to  re 
main  until  they  were  exchanged,  after  which  time  they 
were  ordered  to  report  at  Camp  Chase.  About  the  ist 
of  September,  most  of  them  were  on  hand,  and  soon  af 
ter  were  sent  to  Martinsburg,  Virginia,  where  the  de 
tachment  of  the  regiment  which  had  escaped  from  Win 
chester  were  located  under  command  of  Maj.  Horace 
Kellogg,,  who  had  sufficiently  recovered  from  his  wound 
to  again  take  the  field. 

From  this  time  the  history  of  our  organization,  as  a 
regiment  again  commences.  At  this  place  we  were  new- 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  53 

ly  armed  and  equipped,  and  being  deficient  in  officers, 
twenty-one  being  still  in  prison,  were  engaged  mainly  in 
provost  and  picket  duty  until  March  ist  1864.  During 
the  month  of  November,  Adjutant  McCracken,  with  one 
non-commissioned  officer  from  each  company  was  sent 
to  Ohio  to  recruit,  and  fill  up  our  depleted  ranks.  Very 
good  success  was  met  with,  adding  one  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  men  to  our  effective  force  ;  some  promo 
tions  were  also  made;  sergeants  S.  A.  Johnson,  Elmer  E. 
Husted,  Charles  M.  Keyes  and  Martin  W.  Willoughby 
were  promoted  to  2d  lieutenants.  The  winter  was  quiet 
ly  spent  in  camp,  which  was  located  one-half  rnile  west 
of  town  ;  when  the  weather  permitted,  drilling  by  com 
pany  and  squad  occurred  daily,  so  that  when  spring 
opened,  the  regiment  was  in  good  condition  and  ready 
for  any  duty  which  might  turn  up  On  March  ist,  1864, 
the  companies  were  distributed  as  guards  along  the  Balti 
more  and  Ohio  Railroad,  between  Harpers  Ferry  and 
Monocacy  junction,  with  headquarters  at  Martinsburg. 

About  the  26th  of  March  the  regiment  was  collected 
together  at  Martinsburg  where  Gen.  Siegel  was  concen 
trating  troops  preparatory  to  a  movement  up  the  valley; 
and  from  the  orders  issued  to  our  little  army,  we  knew 
that  our  season  of  inaction  was  drawing  to  a  close.  On 
the  29th  we  broke  camp  at  Martinsburg  and  marched  out 
to  Bunker  Hill,  remaining  there  two  or  three  days,  when 
we  proceeded  to  Winchester  and  encamped  ahout  two 
miles  beyong  the  city ;  a  portion  of  the  regiment  was 


54  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

sent  into  the  city,  under  command  of  Capt.  Snyder  to  act 
as  provost  guard,  with  orders  to  search  the  town,  which 
was  done,  and  a  lar^e  collection  of  old  e;uns,  swords  and 
accoutrements  were  collected  together  and  destroyed. 
About  the  ist  of  May  our  forces  moved  up  the  valley  as 
far  as  Cedar  Creek,  where  they  remained  until  the  loth 
making  the  final  preparations  for  our  grand  raid  on 
Lynchburg.  Baggage  was  cut  down  to  the  minimum; 
each  soldier  was  provided  with  an  extra  pair  of  shoes, 
and  loaded  down  with  rations  and  ammunition,  we  broke 
camp,  and  moved  leisurely  on  through  Strasburg,  Wood 
stock,  and  Mt.  Jackson,  to  New  Market,  where,  on  the 
night  of  the  i4th  we  struck  the  enemy  in  some  force,  our 
brigade  having  the  advance,  we  had  a  lively  little  skirm 
ish,  but  of  short  duration,  the  Rebels  soon  giving  way. 
We  laid  on  our  arms  during  the  night,  but  no  attack  was 
made. 

The  next  morning  our  brigade  was  manuevred  around 
in  various  directions,  the  artillery  placed  in  position,  and 
things  began  to  look  as  though  a  battle  was  iminent,  but 
for  some  unknown  reason,  the  remainder  of  our  little 
army  was  not  brought  up  ;  about  noon  the  enemy  open 
ed  upon  us  with  artillery,  to  which  our  batteries  rapidly 
replied,  and  soon  their  lines  could  be  seen  coming  across 
the  fields,  two  deep,  one  directly  behind  the  other,  with 
a  heavy  line  of  skirmishers  in  advance,  and  nothing  but 
our  brigade  to  receive  them.  We  were  in  a  good  posi 
tion,  and  with  the  artillery  on  either  flank,  awaited  their 


55 

approach.  Soon  our  cannons  opened  on  their  rapidly 
advancing  lines,  dealing  death  and  destruction,  but  not 
checking  them  for  an  instant ;  on  they  came,  sweeping 
like  an  avalanche  upon  our  little  band.  We  held  our  fire 
until  they  were  almost  within  pistol  shot,  when  we 
poured  in  our  volleys,  with  terrific  effect;  rapidly  were 
our  well  directed  volleys  given,  doubling  their  first  line 
back  upon  their  second,  that  still  came  unfalteringly  on, 
lapping  by  our  little  line,  both  on  the  right  flank  and  the 
left,  rapidly  firing  as  they  advanced  until  our  little  band 
could  no  longer  withstand  their  overwhelming  numbers, 
and  slowly  we  began  to  retire — taking  our  cannon  back 
through  a  eedar  thicket,  our  pathway  marked  with  the 
blood  of  our  braves.  As  they  appeared  over  the  emi 
nence  we  had  lately  occupied,  they  poured  in  upon  us 
such  a  storm  of  shot  and  shell,  so  thick  that  the  very  air 
seemed  alive  with  bullets.  On  passing  through  here  on 
our  way  up  the  valley  a  month  later,  we  examined  this 
spot,  and  found  scarce  a  tree  or  bush  unmarked,  show 
ing  that  the  fire  at  this  point  must  have  been  severe  in 
deed. 

On  the  crest  of  the  hill  beyond  another  stand  was 
made,  which  checked  their  advance  for  a  short  time,  but 
soon  we  were  again  compelled  to  fall  back,  this  time 
pretty  badly  shattered.  Major  Kellogg,  commanding 
the  regiment,  had  his  horse  shot  from  under  him  and 
received  quite  a  severe  wound  himself.  He,  however, 
was  supplied  with  another  horse  by  the  officer  command- 


56  I25D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

ing  a  battery  near  at  hand,  and  again  rallying  his  com 
mand,  which  fell  back  in  good  order.  By  this  time  we  had 
reached  our  reserves  on  Rood's  Hill,  about  three  miles 
from  where  the  attack  commenced,  which  checked  the 
enemies  advance  until  night  put  an  end  to  the  conflict. 
In  this  engagement  the  regiments  loss  was  sixty-three 
in  killed  and  wounded,  and  twenty-six  missing.  The 
missing  being  all  taken  prisoners,  many  of  whom  were 
afterwards  slowly  tortured  to  death  in  prison.  The  army 
was  now  drawn  back  to  Ceder  Creek,  where  we  arrived 
on  the  1 7th.  Gen.  Siegel  had  been  relieved  and  Gen. 
Hunter  placed  in  command. 


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CHA3PXER 


LYNCHBURG      RAID. 

On  the  22d  of  May,  1864,  just  previous  to  starting  on 
this  raid,  the  General  commanding  issued  the  following 
order : 

Headquarters  Department  West  Virginia  ) 

IN  THE  FIELD,  NEAR  CEDAR  CREEK,  May  22,  1864.    $ 

GENERAL  ORDERS. 

No.  29. 

It  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  this  army  be  placed  in  a  situ 
ation  for  immediate  efficiency.  We  are  contending  against  an 
enemy  who  is  in  earnest,  and  if  we  expect  success,  we  too  must  be 
in  earnest.  We  must  be  willing  to  make  sacrifices,  willing  to  suffer 
for  a  short  time,  that  a  glorious  result  may  crown  our  efforts.  The 
country  is  expecting  every  man  to  do  his  duty  ;  and,  this  done,  an 
ever  kind  Providence  will  certainly  grant  us  a  complete  success. 

I.  Every  tent  will  be  immediately  turned  in  for  transportation 
to  Martinsburg;  and  all  baggage  not  expressly  allowed  by  this 
order,  will  be  at  once  sent  to  the  rear.  There  will  be  but  one 
wagon  allowed  to  each  regiment,  and  this  will  only  be  used  to 
transport  spare  amunition,  camp  kettles,  tools  and  mess-pans.  Every 
wagon  will  have  eight  picked  horses  or  mules,  two  drivers  and  two 
saddles.  One  wagon  and  one  ambulance  will  be  allowed  to  De 
partment  Headquarters,  and  the  same  to  Division  and  Brigade 
Headquarters.  The  other  ambulances  will  be  under  the  immedi 
ate  orders  of  the  Medical  Director. 


58  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

II.  For  the  expedition  on  hand,  the  clothes  each  soldier  has  on 
his  back,  with  one  pair  of  extra   shoes    and  socks,  are  amply  suffi 
cient.     Everything  else    in   the   shape    of  clothing,  will   be  packed 
to-day    and    sent    to   the    rear.       Each    knapsack  will  contain  one 
hundred   rounds  of  amunition,  carefully   packed,    four    pounds    of 
hard  bread,  to   last  eight  days,  ten  rations  of  coffee,  sugar  and  salt, 
one  pair  of  shoes  and  socks,  and  nothing  else. 

III.  Brigade  and   all  other    commanders   will   be   held  strictly 
responsible    that   their    commands    are    amply    supplied    from    the 
country.     Cattle,   sheep    and    hogs,    and   if   necessary,    horses  and 
mules   must    be    taken    and   slaughtered.       These    supplies  will  be 
seized  under  the  direction  of   officers   duly  authorized,  and  upon  a 
system  which  will  hereafter  be  regulated.       No  straggling  or  pillag 
ing  will  be  allowed.      Brigade   and  other  commanders  will  be   held 
responsible  that  there  is  no  waste,  and  that  there   is  a  proper  and 
orderly  division    amongst    their    men  of  the  supplies  taken  for  our 
use.  _  • 

IV.  Commanders  will  attend  personally  to  the  prompt  execution 
of  this  order,  so  that  we  may  move  to-morrow    morning.      They 
will  see  that  in  passing    through    a    country  in  this  way,  depending 
upon  it  for  forage    and    supplies,  great    additional    vigilance  is    re 
quired  on  the  part  of  every  officer  in   the  command  of  men,  for  the 
strict  enforcement  of  discipline. 

V.  The   Commanding   General  expects  from  every  officer    and 
soldier  of  the  army  in  the  field,  an  earnest    and    unhesitating  sup 
port  ;  and  relies,  with  confidence,  upon  an  ever  kind  Providence  for 
a  glorious  result.     The  Lieutenant  General,  commanding  the  armies 
of  the  United  States,  who    is   now  victoriously  pressing    back   the 
enemy  upon  their  last   stronghold,  expects  much  from  the  Army  of 
the  Shenandoah  ;  and  he  must  not  be  disappointed. 

VI.  In   conclusion,    the    Major    General    commanding,    while 
holding  every  officer    to    the  strictest   resposibility  of  his   position, 
and    prepared   to  enforce  discipline  with  severity  when   necessary, 
will  never  cease  to  urge  the  prompt    promotion  of  all  officers,  non 
commissioned  officers   and    enlisted   men    who  earn  recognition  by 
their  galantry  and  good  codduct. 

By  command    of 

i\IAJ.  GEN.  HUNTER  : 

CHAS.   G.  HALPINE, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

[OFFICIAL.] 
A.  A.  G. 


1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         59 

At  this  time  the  123(1  Ohio,  with  n6th  and  28th  Ohio, 
i8th  Connecticut,  2d  Indiana  (P.  H.  B.)  and  i6oth  Ohio 
(N.  G.),  constituted  the  ist  Brigade  of  the  ist  Division; 
Col.  Moore  of  the  28th  Ohio  Regiment  commanding,  and 
Brig.  Gen.  Sullivan  Division  commander.  The  regiment 
was  then  lying  in  camp  at  Cedar  Creek,  Maj.  Kellogg 
being  in  command.  During  the  night  of  the  25th,  Col. 
Wilson  and  Capt.  Chamber! in  rejoined  the  regiment, 
just  having  been  exchanged  as  prisoners  of  war.  In 
compliance  with  the  order  just  given,  each  man  was 
required  to  pack  in  his  knapsack  one  hundred  rounds  of 
ammunition,  which  in  addition  to  the  extra  clothing  allow 
ed,  and  four  days  rations  of  hard  bread,  caused 
some  grumbling  among  the  men  at  being  converted  into 
a  pack  train  as  they  styled  it. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2d,  Col.  Wilson  having  as 
sumed  command  of  the  regiment,  Gen.  Hunter,  with  his 
whole  command,  started  up  the  valley  on  the  proposed 
trip  to  Lynchburg.  The  regiment  reported  four  hundred 
men  for  duty.  We  marched  fourteen  miles,  and  went 
into  camp.  Next  morning  we  were  routed  out  at  4  o'clock 
to  see  how  promptly  we  could  get  into  "  line  of 
battle,"  which  was  done  in  just  five  minutes.  WTe  remained 
here  in  camp  until  Sunday  morning  the  29th,  drilling 
some.  One  day  the  whole  regiment  was  ordered  out 
as  a  foraging  party ;  reported  at  Division  Headquarters 
for  duty,  when  the  order  was  countermanded  and  we 
were  sent  back  to  our  quarters.  We  now  had  ten  com- 


60  I23D   OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

missioned  company  officers  with  the  regiment.  Dr. 
Ferris  was  acting  as  Brigade  Surgeon,  and  the  Chaplain  as 
Postmaster.  Sunday  we  marched  to  Rood's  Hill,  and 
went  into  camp.  The  next  day  details  from  each  regi 
ment  were  busy  scouring  the  country  and  bringing  in  all 
the  provisions  they  could  discover.  A  few  men  from  the 
regiment,  under  Capt.  Dwight  Kellogg,  were  placed  in 
charge  of  a  mill  near  by,  and  began  making  flour  as  fast  as 
possible,  running  night  and  day.  The  zoth  Ohio  (N. 
G.),  complaining  very  much  of  being  taken  to  the  front, 
were  sent  back  on  the  3oth.  On  June  ist,  flour  was  issued 
to  the  men  for  the  first  time  since  we  entered  the  service. 
It  took  some  time  for  them  to  become  accustomed  to 
the  use  of  it,  but  our  hard  tack  was  exhausted  and  it 
was  "slap-jacks"  or  nothing.  At  5  o'clock  on  the 
morning  of  the  2d,  we  again  started,  passing  through 
New  Market.  We  saw  a  few  Rebels  once  during  the  day, 
when  we  were  halted  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  ;  but 
it  amounted  to  nothing,  and  we  soon  passed  on  ; 
about  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  we  reached  Harrisburg,  a  dis 
tance  of  twenty  two  miles.  Our  advance  had  a  small 
skirmish  with  the  "Jonnies,"  but  nothing  serious  oc- 
cured.  The  main  force  encamped  about  a  mile  from 
town,  the  i2^d  going  into  camp  just  within  the  suburbs. 
In  a  few  moments,  Capt.  Chamberlin,  with  a  hundred 
and  fifty  men,  was  sent  into  town  with  directions  to 
picket  around  the  town,  and  with  the  remainder  of  the 
men  to  search  thoroughly  for  arms,  provisions  and 


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every  thing  that  could  be  used  by  the  army.  Soon 
after,  fifty  more  men  were  sent  from  the  regiment  and 
quartered  in  the  Court  House.  Lieutenants  Leonard  and 
Williams  were  in  charge  of  the  pickets;  and  Lieutenants 
Keyes,  Hustead  and  Willoughby  of  the  Provost  guards, 
under  direction  of  Lieut.  Col.  Starr,  Provost  Marshal 
General,  and  at  once  destroyed  the  press,  type,  etcs., 
belonging  to  the  office  of  the  Rockingham  Register  then 
remained  under  arms  all  night.  Next  day  the  men  were 
divided  into  small  parties,  and  searched  the  town  com 
pletely  ;  the  result  of  which  was  an  accumulation  in 
the  Court  House  yard  of  seventy-five  barrels  of  flour,  a 
lot  of  meat,  sugar,  corn,  wheat,  tobacco,  (the  most 
plentiful  article  found),  a  bale  of  sheeting  and  some  arms 
and  accoutrements.  Capt.  Chamberlin,  at  his  quarters, 
was  bothered  all  day  by  men,  women  and  children,  who 
were  endeavoring  to  recover  certain  articles  thus  appro 
priated.  Some  pleading,  some  demanding  and  others 
threatning  what  their  friends  would  do  to  "  you'ns,"  if 
they  were  at  home.  Three  or  four  families  were  except- 
ed  from  the  search  on  the  account  of  their  Unionism 
and  kindness  to  wounded  Federal  soldiers,  who  fell  into 
their  hands  at  the  battle  of  New  Market,  and  who  were 
able  to  designate  with  uneering  certainty  those  who 
should  be  thus  excepted.  During  the  day  the  remainder 
of  the  1 23d  moved  into  town  and  took  up  their  quarters 
near  the  Court  House.  Next  morning,  Saturday,  June 
24th,  we  started  for  Staunton  directly,  distant  only 


62  i23t>  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRV. 

twenty-four  miles ;  but  after  marching  two  or  three 
miles,  we  left  the  pike  to  the  right,  and  attempted  to 
flank  into  Crawford,  where  the  pike  crosses  the  She- 
nandoah  ;  we  reached  the  river  about  i  o'clock  P.  M., 
and  remained  there  some  three  hours,  while  the  Pontoon 
Corps  was  bridging  the  river.  During  this  ti  me  our 
troops  destroyed  a  large  woolen  factory  just  across  the 
river,  in  a  small  town  called  Port  Republic  ;  then  march 
ing  through  the  town  just  at  dark,  we  went  into  camp  in 
the  brush,  the  teams  did  not  get  up  till  midnight. 

On  the  morning  of  the  5th,  we  started  at  5  o'clock, 
our  regiment  being  at  once  deployed  as  skirmishers  on 
the  left  of  the  Brigade  Our  cavalry  videttes  soon  met 
the  enemy  and  had  quite  a  skirmish  ;  they  falling  back 
to  near  a  little  town  called  Piedmont,  about  nine  miles 
from  our  camp  of  the  night  previous.  The  12 3d  was 
soon  placed  along  the  wagon  train  as  guard.  About  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  our  force  attacked  the  enemy  in  their  po 
sition,  which  was  a  strong  one  ;  a  heavy  fight  was  kept 
up  until  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  when  a  furious  charge  was  made 
by  both  Brigades  of  infantry,  completely  driving  them 
out  of  their  works,  routing  them  thoroughly,  and  cap 
turing  one  thousand  two  hundred  prisoners,  among 
whom  was  Gen.  Vaughn.  Rebel  General  Jones  was 
killed.  The  loss  on  both  sides  was  very  great,  both 
Union  and  Rebel  dead  being  found  side  by  side  all 
over  the  field.  The  i23d  was  ordered  up  just  attheclose 
of  the  action,  but  not  in  time  to  participate.  Early  next 


12 3D  ortio  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  63 

morning  company  A  was  sent  out  to  the  battlefield  to 
gather  up  and  destroy  the  arms  lying  there,  some  one 
thousand  two  hundred  stands.  While  engaged  in  the 
performance  of  this  duty,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Provost  Marshal  General,  by  piling  them  up  in  large 
piles,  first  a  tier  of  rails,  then  one  of  muskets,  muzzles  all 
pointing  one  way,  for  many  of  them  were  loaded,  and  al 
though  the  men  had  been  repeatedly  cautioned  by  Capt. 
Chamberlin  and  Lieut.  Husted,  not  to  go  in  front  of  the 
piles,  Sergeant  Baroff  incautiously  did  so ;  at  this  mo 
ment  one  of  the  pieces  was  discharged  by  a  rail  thrown 
on  the  pile,  the  ball  passing  nearly  through  his  right  leg, 
half  way  between  the  knee  and  hip,  shattering  the  bone 
very  badly  and  rendering  amputation  imperatively  neces 
sary.  He  was  at  once  taken  back  to  the  Field  Hospital, 
since  which  time  nothing  was  ever  heard  from  him.  The 
company  immediately  joined  the  regiment  already  on 
their  march  toward  Staunton,  arriving  there  about  4 
P.  M,  a  distance  of  twelve  miles,  being  the  first  Union 
Infantry  that  had  ever  been  there.  We  met  with  no  resis- 
tence  whatever,  the  Rebels  having  fled  in  another  direction. 
We  found  several  hundred  of  their  sick  and  wounded 
here.  The  regiment  went  into  camp  one  mile  west  of 
town.  Dr.  Brisbine,  who  had  been  promoted  to  Assis 
tant  Surgeon,  joined  the  regiment  while  on  the  march. 
Before  leaving  here  our  troops  destroyed  the  railroad  de 
pot,  bridges,  track  and  telegraph,  in  and  near  town. 


64  I23D    OHIO    VOLENTEER    INFRKTRV. 

We  then  started  for  Buffalo  Gap,  distant  ten  miles, 
marching  in  three  columns,  cavalry  and  artillery  in  the 
road,  and  a  brigade  of  infantry  on  each  side.  We 
marched  soma  five  miles  through  woods  and  underbrush, 
then  halted  and  in  a  short  time  returned,  and  went  into 
the  same  camp  we  had  occupied  the  night  previous.  An 
ambulance  train  was  sent  back  to  the  battlefield 
after  the  wounded,  returning  late  at  night.  Gen.  Averill, 
with  whom  we  were  expecting  to  make  a  junction  at  this 
point,  arrived  with  his  command,  making  us,  now,  quite 
a  formidable  little  army. 

In  the  afternoon  of  June  yth,  three  hundred  and  fifty 
men  and  eight  officers,  under  command  of  Capt.  Cham- 
berlin,  were  sent  out  to  relieve  the  28th  Ohio,  then  do 
ing  picket  duty.  Part  of  the  men  were  stationed  on  a 
hill  where,  just  about  a  year  before,  they  were  permitted 
to  rest  for  a  few  hours,  when  on  their  way  to  Richmond 
as  prisoners  of  war.  The  contrast  between  their  situa 
tion  then  and  now  was  vividly  appreciated  by  the  boys. 

On  the  9th  the  regiment  returned  to  camp,  and  shoes 

were  issued  to  those  of  the  men  who  needed  them.     The 

•  'i 

prisoners  captured  at  Port  Republic,  were  sent  to  the 
rear  in  charge  of  the  28th  Ohio — whose  term  of  service 
having  expired — was  going  home.  Here  Chaplain  Ferris 
resigned,  his  resignation  being  accepted  at  once ; 
and  he  left  for  home  with  this  return  train.  Our  com 
mand  left  next  morning,  moving  on  three  different 
roads,  Averill  on  one,  Crooks  on  another,  and  Hunter 


12 3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  65 

on  the  Lexington  road.  Our  regiment  marched  in  the 
rear  as  wagon  guard.  A  very  long  and  dusty  march, 
passed  through  Greenville — where  a  large  mill  was  de 
stroyed — to  Midway,  a  distance  of  eighteen  miles,  where 
we  went  into  camp  very  tired.  In  a  few  moments  com 
pany  A  was  sent  out  as  a  support  to  a  battery  of  artillery 
near  the  picket  line,  Saturday  the  nth.  We  started  at 
5  A.  M.,  drew  rations  of  riour  just  as  we  left,  but  no 
time  was  allowed  to  prepare  any  of  it ;  on  this  account, 
and  the  great  heat  and  dust,  the  men  became  very  much 
fatigued  before  night,  and  very  many  were  compelled  to 
fall  back  during  the  day.  We  marched  seventeen  miles 
to  within  sight  of  Lexington.  We  found  Gen. 
Crooks  here  in  advance  and  skirmishing  with  a  small 
force  of  the  enemy,  who  had  burned  the  bridge  over  the 
river,  and  then  scattered  some  sharpshooters  along  the 
shore,  to  harass  our  men,  while  constructing  their  pon 
toon  bridge  ;  but  our  troops  soon  drove  them  back  with 
but  small  loss  on  our  part.  While  this  was  being  done, 
our  division  of  infantry  lay  in  position  about  two  miles 
from  town  from  2  to  6  P.  M.  We  then  went  into  camp 
about  half  a  mile  from  the  river. 

Next  day  we  crossed  the  river  and  went  into  camp  in 
the  edge  of  town.  Military  Institute,  which  is  located 
here'  was  destroyed.  On  the  i3th  we  still  re 
mained  in  camp.  Some  canal-boats  were  captured  with 
artillery  and  ammunition  which  were  destroyed.  Next 
morning  we  were  early  on  the  move  again,  and  although 
1*6] 


66  I23t)    OtflO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

it  was  extremely  warm  and  dusty,  we  succeeded  in  making 
a  distance  of  twenty-four  miles  to  Buckannon.  We  passed 
within  two  miles  of  the  natural  bridge,  but  there  was  no 
time  for  hunting  curiosities.  Our  march  was  along  an 
old  plankroad.  The  Rebels  had  endeavored  to  destroy 
many  small  bridges,  and  thus  obstruct  our  progress  • 
but  we  were  so  close  on  them,  they  succeeded  in  doing 
but  little  damage,  until  we  reached  Buckannon,  where  we 
found  the  bridge  over  the  James  River  in  ruins,  and  we 
were  compelled  to  cross  in  canal  barges.  Two  com- 
anies  of  the  regiment  were  guarding  prisoners,  under 
command  of  Lieutenants  Leonard  and  Keyes.  Our 
"  hard-tack  "  was  all  gone,  and  flour  getting  scarce,  but 
fresh  beef  and  mutton  still  plenty.  The  next  day  we 
were  on  the  road  about  9  A.  M.,  and  went  to  the  edge  of 
town,  where  we  laid  until  after  dinner,  when  we  again 
started  in  the  direction  of  Lynchburg.  We  crossed  Ot 
ter  Peak,  a  very  high  mountain,  with  a  very  narrow, 
rough  road  over  it.  In  many  places  our  way  was  ob 
structed  by  trees  that  had  been  felled  across  ;  undoubt 
edly  done  by  Bushwhackers,  for  in  one  place  there  lay 
the  dead  body  of  one,  who  had  been  caught  in  the  act 
and  slain  by  our  advance.  We  went  into  camp,  for  the 
night,  at  9  o'clock,  about  half  way  down  the  mountain. 
The  following  morning  we  started  at  5  o'clock,  marched 
through  Liberty  to  a  point  five  miles  beyond  where  we 
went  into  camp.  While  halting  in  the  town,  several 
men  of  the  "  5th  Heavies"  were  pillaging  a  large  dwel- 


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ling  house  —  in  which  the  family  were  still  residing  —  of 
pictures,  books,  and  other  articles  that  could  be  of  no 
use  to  them.  A  squad  of  men  from  company  A,  were 
sent  into  the  house  with  orders  to  clean  them  out  at  the 
point  of  the  bayonet,  which  was  promptly  done.  The 
1  23d  was  all  on  picket  again  at  night. 

On  the  i  yth  we  started  as  usual  very  early.  After 
marching  two  miles,  to  the  creek,  we  found  the  bridge 
burned,  and  had  to  wait  some  three  hours  for  the  Pon 
toon  corps  to  repair  damages.  We  then  moved  on 
through  New  London.  Generals  Crooks'  and  AverilPs 
commands  met  the  enemy,  and  had  quite  an  engagement 
some  three  miles  from  Lynchburg.  They  drove  the 
Rebels  from  two  different  positions,  capturing  some  ar 
tillery  and  prisoners.  We  arrived  at  the  front  about 
dark,  and  relieved  the  advanced  line.  Company  F  was 
immediately  sent  out  on  the  skirmish  line.  This  morn 
ing  a  part  of  the  wagon  train  was  detached  and  sent  to 
the  rear.  Two  "  One-Hundred-Day  "  regiments  accom 
panied  them  as  escort.  We  had  marched  twenty-four 
miles,  and,  it  being  very  hot,  many  of  the  men  gave  out. 
On  the  morning  of  the  iSth  company  F  was  relieved  by 
company  D,  under  command  of  Capt.  Shawhan,  the 
former  having  lost  three  killed,  Sergeant  Dunn,  and  Pri 
vates  Kiehl  and  Savage,  and  six  wounded  The  Rebel 
skirmish  line  was  composed  of  sharpshooters,  many  of 
whom  were  armed  with  long-range  rifles,  and  stationed 
in  tree-tops,  doing  severe  execution.  All  night  we  could 


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hear  the  trains  running  into  Lynchburg,  bringing  rein 
forcements  from  Richmond,  and  the  next  morning  skir 
mishing  commenced  at  once,  and  fighting,  to  some  ex 
tent,  continued  all  day.  Company  D,  while  on  the 
skirmish  line,  was  under  a  sharp  fire  nearly  all  the  tirne^ 
which,  however,  resulted  in  no  loss  to  them. 

Company  G  had  one  man,  private  Stokely,  wounded 
by  the  explosion  of  a  shell.  About  dusk  it  was  decided 
to  fall  back,  and  at  8  o'clock  P.  M.,  we  commenced  our 
retrograde  movement ;  we  marched  all  night,  reaching 
Otter  Creek  the  next  morning,  the  iQth,  after  a  very 
tedious  and  severe  tramp ;  the  boys  being  very  much 
exhausted  and  needing  rest,  a  great  many  dropping 
down  by  the  side  of  the  road,  would  fall  asleep  on  the 
road,  and.  it  would  be  almost  impossible  to  arouse  them. 
We  encamped  two  miles  beyond  Liberty,  where  we 
rested  a  couple  of  hours,  and  then  moved  on.  While 
here  our  rear  had  some  severe  skirmishing  with  the 
enemy,  who  were  endeavoring  to  harass  our  troops  and 
cut  off  part  of  our  train,  but  were  repulsed  and  driven 
off.  About  2  o'clock  A.  M.?  on  the  2oth,  we  rested  a 
couple  of  hours,  then  moved  on  till  8  o'clock  A.  M., 
when  we  halted  an  hour  for  breakfast.  While  here  Gen. 
Hunter,  in  person,  asked  for  two  companies  of  the  regi 
ment  to  destroy  a  large  pile  of  wood  and  a  water  tank 
on  the  railroad  near  by,  which  was  done  effectually.  We 
went  into  camp  at  noon,  having  marched  forty -five  miles 
in  forty  hours  and  on  very  limited  rations,  in  fact  nothing 


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but  fresh  beef  and  mutton.  We  had  rested  only  a  few 
moments  when  there  was  some  skirmishing  in  our  rear, 
and  we  were  ordered  to  move  forward  again.  We 
marched  on  all  night,  this  being  the  third  night  without 
any  sleep,  through  Conyer  (Springs  and  Big  Lick  to 
within  one  mile  of  Salem,  arriving  there  on  the  morning 
of  the  2ist,  where  we  found  skirmishing  again  in  pro 
gress  ;  the  Rebels  endeavoring  to  get  in  our  front.  Two 
companies  of  our  regiment  were  immediately  sent  out  as 
skirmishers,  but  met  no  enemy.  We  rested  there  until 
10  o'clock,  when  we  moved  on  through  Salem  about  two 
miles,  where  we  found  the  enemy  had  attacked  the  train 
and  captured  sixteen  pieces  of  artillery  and  some  men, 
but  being  closely  pressed  only  succeeded  in  disabling  six 
pieces,  taking  none  away  with  them.  We  then  made  a 
forced  march  of  seven  miles,  which  we  did  in  one  hour 
and  twenty  minutes,  to  overtake  the  train.  We  rested 
there  two  hours,  and  were  highly  complimented  by 
Col.  Wells,  our  brigade  commander,  for  our  close  and 
rapid  marching  with  no  straggling.  We  moved  on  again 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  marching  on  a  regular  "back  and 
forth"  road,  over  a  mountain,  and  went  into  camp 
twelve  miles  from  Salem,  having  marched  twenty-four 
miles  in  twenty-four  hours.  Meat  and  coffee  in  small 
quantities  were  issued  to  the  men  at  this  point. 

On  the  morning  of  the  22d  we  were  ordered  into  line 
and  maneuvered  around  some,  but  did  not  get  fairly 
started  until  i  o'clock  P.  M.  We  marched  in  the  rear  of 


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of  the  column  all  day,  encamping  at  half  past  ten  in  a 
very  stony  field  at  New  Castle  Court  House ;  just  before 
arriving  there  we  forded  Craig's  creek  three  times.  The 
men  were  completely  jaded,  many  dropping  down  where 
they  stood,  when  the  regiment  halted,  and  almost  in 
stantly  falling  asleep. 

We  were  aroused  at  2  o'clock  for  an  early  start,  but 
were  delayed  by  the  wagon  train  until  9  A.  M.  Our  en 
tire  brigade  acted  as  train  guard,  one  company  to  every 
ten  wagons,  and  a  heavy  escort  for  the  artillery.  This 
was  the  hardest  day's  march  in  our  experience,  not  on 
account  of  its  length,  but  that  it  was  over  three  moun 
tains — we  were  now  crossing  the  Alleghanies — one  of 
them  being  eleven  miles  over,  and  a  portion  of  the  time 
we  had  to  march  very  rapidly  to  keep  up  with  the  train. 
Horses  and  mules  were  "playing  out"  in  great  numbers, 
and  had  to  be  pushed  from  the  road,  over  the  side  of  the 
mountain,  in  order  that  the  train  might  pass.  The 
weather  continued  very  hot  and  dry,  and  the  road  very 
dusty;  we  made  a  halt  of  two  hours  at  half  past  10  in  the 
evening,  for  coffee  and  mutton,  nearly  all  being  too 
tired  to  prepare  it  for  eating;  then  on  again  for  six 
miles,  going  into  camp  at  half  past  3  in  the  morning  at 
Sweet  Springs.  We  remained  there  until  4  P.  M.,  when 
we  started  for  "White  Sulphur"  Springs.  The  road 
was  very  rough,  and  the  night  quite  dark,  making  this  a 
very  severe  march ;  we  arrived  there  at  half  past  3,  the 
next  morning,  June  24th. 


1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY          7  I 

This  was  the  place  where  the  southern  aristocracy,  be 
fore  the  war,  came  to  air  their  wealth*  and  gamble  for 
darkies. 

It  must  have  been  a  very  pretty  spot  then,  with  its  liv 
ing  springs  of  clear,  cold  water,  and  fine  mountain  scen 
ery  on  all  sides;  but  to  us,  it  was  simply  a  place  to  rest 
our  wearied  limbs  for  a  few  hours.  We  now  had  noth 
ing  but  meat  to  eat,  and  very  little  of  that. 

We  started  again  in  the  afternoon,  passing  through 
Lewisburg,  and  going  into  camp  four  miles  beyond  at 
mid-night.  Just  at  sunset  we  waded  Greenbrier  River, 
where  it  was  about  fifty  rods  wide  and  waist  deep.  We 
crossed  in  three  columns,  forming  a  beautiful  sight  to 
one  placed  where  he  could  view  it.  The  sun  shining  on 
the  water  and  on  the  polished  gun-barrels  made  it  daz 
zling  to  the  eyes,  while  every  now  and  then  some  unfor 
tunate  fellow  would  make  a  miss  step  and  get  a  complete 
ducking,  thereby  creating  a  laugh  at  his  expense. 

On  the  26th,  we  marched  all  day,  resting  once  for  a 
little  time,  when  the  men  drew  some  beef.  We  had  a 
nice  little  shower  in  the  afternoon, the  first  rain  since  leav 
ing  Staunton.  Next  day  we  marched  eighteen  miles, 
our  regiment  taking  the  advance.  It  rained  hard  after 
we  went  into  camp,  and  we  put  up  our  "  Dog-Tents," 
the  first  time  we  had  done  it  for  ten  days.  We  here  met 
a  small  train,  from  which  was  issued  three-fourths  of  a 
day's  rations  of  hard  bread,  bacon,  sugar  and  coffee. 
The  men  slaughtered  a  few  straggling  porkers  they  dis- 


72  1 2  3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

covered  near  camp,  and  then  managed  to  have  a  real 
jolly  supper  in  the  rain. 

We  were  on  the  road  early  on  the  morning  of  the 
2  8th,  and,  at  noon,  met  another  train,  and  drew  two  days' 
rations  of  hard  bread. 

On  the  29th  our  march  was  over  quite  a  hilly  road, 
along  the  New  River,  through  mountain  gorges,  and 
over  rushing  streams,  crossing  Gauley  River  at  Gauley 
Bridge — no  bridge  however  only  in  name — where  the 
Gauley  and  New  Rivers  unite  and  form  the  Kanawha. 
Near  this  spot  is  a  view  of  natural  scenery,  almost  rival 
ling  Niagara  in  some  respects.  Upon  a  ledge  of  rocks 
overhanging  the  river,  you  can  stand  and  look  directly 
down  a  distance  of  two  hundred  feet  to  the  bed  of  the  river, 
then  cast  your  eyes  directly  in  front  of  you  and  see  the 
other  river  coming  down  through  the  mountain  gorges 
and  emptying  into  the  New,  while  all  around  the  moun 
tains  tower  up  in  all  their  majesty  and  grandeur.  We 
went  into  camp  about  one  mile  beyond  the  bridge. 

The  Lynchburg  raid  may  now  be  called  completed, 
for  we  have  again  reached  our  supplies.  This  march  was 
very  severe  on  our  regiment,  and  many  were  now  sick  and 
worn  out.  Our  rations  were  exhausted  before  we  were 
fully  started,  and,  a  large  portion  of  the  country  through 
which  we  passed,  being  very  sparsely  settled,  we  found 
great  difficulty  in  procuring  food,  as  the  country  had 
nothing  in  it  to  eat  either  for  man  or  beast.  For  four 
days  the  regiment  marched  day  and  night,  not  halting 


I2$D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  73 

over  two  hours  at  any  one  time.  For  nine  days  we  had 
nothing  to  eat  but  fresh  beef  and  mutton,  and  a  very  lit 
tle  coffee.  With  all  this  the  heat  was  intense,  the  roads 
very  dusty,  and  the  men  became  so  completely  exhausted, 
that  frequently  when  the  command  halted,  they  would 
drop  down  just  where  they  stood,  and  to  get  them  started 
again,  it  was  necessary  to  arouse  every  man,  and  not 
only  arouse  him,  but  get  him  on  his  feet,  and  even  then 
they  could  often  be  seen  in  the  ranks,  marching  along, 
sound  asleep.  Had  there  been  anything  in  the  country 
to  subsist  upon,  we  might  have  taken  it  leisurely,  but  as 
it  was — it  was  simply  a  march  for  rations,  and  this  fact 
the  men  all  understood,  for  it  was  so  stated  in  a  general 
order  from  Army  Headquarters,  and  read  to  each  regi 
ment,  hence  there  was  little  or  no  grumbling  at  the  sever 
ity  of  our  marching. 

As  the  result  of  this  raid — we  marched  five  hundred 
miles  since  leaving  Martinsburg,  destroying  a  large 
amount  of  property,  captured  fifteen  hundred  prisoners, 
over  a  thousand  head  of  cattle,  a  large  number  of  sheep, 
besides  living — if  it  could  be  called  living — off  the  coun 
try  through  which  we  passed.  Several  hundred  negroes 
came  through  with  us,  many  of  them  remaining  with  the 
various  regiments  as  servants.  On  the  other  hand,  we 
lost  about  one  thousand  horses  and  mules  that  gave  out, 
and  nearly  one  hundred  wagons,  that  we  were  compelled 
to  destroy,  and  lost  quite  a  number  of  men,  who  were 
"played  out,"  and  undoubtedly  fell  into  the  hands  of  the 


74  1230    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

enemy.  The  men's  shoes  were  giving  out  some  partially, 
and  occasionally  one  would  be  seen  entirely  bare-foot, 
trudging  along  with  the  rest,  for  it  was  sure  capture  to 
straggle,  and  the  men  knew  it.  The  main  object  of  the 
raid,  which  was  doubtless  to  threaten  Lynchburg,  and 
thus  cause  Lee  to  weaken  his  forces  in  front  of  Rich 
mond,  by  sending  reinforcements  to  Lynchburg,  was  ful 
ly  obtained. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  for  pay  on  the  3oth,  and 
remained  in  camp  until  July  2d,  when  we  started  for 
Camp  Piatt,  a  distance  of  twenty-seven  miles,  there  to 
take  boats  for  some  place  unknown.  It  was  a  very  warm 
day,  and  by  by  i  o'clock,  we  had  marched  fifteen  miles, 
barely  stopping  once,  a  few  minutes  for  rest.  The  men 
appeared  to  suffer  more  from  this  day's  march,  than  any 
previous  one.  Each  man  had  three  days'  rations  in  his 
haversack,  and  eating  very  freely,  nearly  every  one  was 
afflicted  with  that  terrible  camp  disease,  dysenterry. 
Resting  two  hours,  we  then  moved  on  four  miles  and 
camped  for  the  night. 

Next  morning  we  were  on  the  way  again,  reaching 
Camp  Piatt  at  5  o'clock.  On  the  morning  of  the  4th, 
company  A  with  a  portion  of  the  "5th  Heavies  "  (5th 
N.  Y.  II.  Artillery)  and  the  Pioneer  corps  were  loaded 
on  the  steamboat,  "  Mattie  Roberts,"  and  moved  down 
the  river  slowly,  the  remainder  of  the  regiment  following 
in  other  boats.  At  Gallipolis  the  regiment  was  changed 
to  the  "  Anglo  Saxon."  Then  moving  up  the  Ohio,  we 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  75 

soon  had  to  change  to  the  "  Inno,"  a  light  draft  boat, 
on  account  of  the  low  stage  of  water  in  the  river.  Op 
posite  Blennerhasset's  Island,  we  found  we  could  get  no 
further  and  were  compelled  to  land  and  march  into  Par- 
kersburg,  a  distance  of  six  miles.  At  10  o'clock  of  the 
6th,,  the  regiment  was  loaded  on  cars  and  started  for  our 
old  home  again,  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  arriving  at 
Cherry  Run  on  the  the  8th  of  July  and  went  into  camp. 


76  J23D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


-VI. 


FROM  CHERRY  RUN  TO  THE  TIME  THAT  SHERIDAN  TOOK 

COMMAND,   INCLUDING  THE  BATTLES  OF 

SNICKER'S  FERRY,  WINCHESTER, 

JULY  22D,  AND  MAR- 

TINSBURG. 

Two  days'  rest  at  this  place  when  we  were  again  on  the 
road,  without  having  received  any  supplies  of  clothing, 
although  sadly  needing  them  ;  many  of  the  boys  were 
bare-footed,  and  all,  with  uniforms,  filthy  and  in  tatters, 
— as  can  readily  be  concieved,  when  it  is  taken  into  con 
sideration,  that  they  had  been  used  for  marching  in  by 
day  and  sleeping  in  by  night,  with  nothing  to  protect 
them  from  the  pelting  storm  while  marching,  or  from 
the  ground  while  lying  down,  and  this  for  over  six  weeks 
upon  a  raid,  which  for  continuous  fighting,  severe  march 
ing  and  scarcity  of  rations,  the  history  of  the  war  pre 
sents  no  parallel. 

Arriving  at  Martinsburg  on  the  afternoon  of  July  i3th, 
we  visited  some  of  our  old  haunts,  and  found  that  things 
had  undergone  changes  generally,  that  the  Rebels  had 


12  3D   OHIO   VOLtiNTEfcR   INFANTRV.  77 

been  here,  since  we'd  been  gone,  was  evident,  as  many 
of  our  officers  found  out  to  their  displeasure.  All  of  our 
baggage,  and  camp  and  garrison  equipage,  was  stored  here, 
when  starting  on  the  "  raid  "  up  the  valley  ;  the  officers 
leaving  their  valises  at  different  private  houses,  contain 
ing  their  best  clothing,  all  of  which  had  been  visited,  and 
their  contents  duly  confiscated.  Lieutenants  Johnson  and 
Keyes  being  the  only  ones  overlooked,  for  which  they 
were  duly  thankful,  and  indulged  in  a  little  merriment  at 
their  brother  officers'  misfortune. 

On  the  1 3th  we  broke  camp,  taking  the  road  towards 
Harper's  Ferry,  arriving  there  the  next  forenoon.  On 
the  1 5th  we  again  started  out,  crossing  the  river  on  a 
pontoon  bridge,  and  marched  down  to  Berlin,  a  little 
dried-up  town,  six  miles  below  the  Ferry,  on  the  north 
bank  of  the  Potomac,  with  no  feature  of  interest,  save 
the  wildly  beautiful  scenery  that  abounds  on  either  hand; 
the  bold  bluffs  on  the  opposite  bank — tree-crowned — 
seemingly  guarding  the  noble  river  below,  while  away  to 
the  southward,  the  Blue  Ridge,  rising  tier  on  tier,  giving 
the  surrounding  atmosphere  that  peculiar  hue,  from  which 
this  range  of  mouniains  takes  its  name,  and  to  the  west 
ward  rises,  almost  to  the  very  clouds,  in  picturesque 
beauty,  the  historic  heights  at  Harper's  Ferry. 

We  had  been  detailed  as  escort  to  a  battery  of  artillery, 
and  early  on  the  following  morning,  the  "crossing  over" 
began.  The  river  at  this  point  run's  with  great  rapidity, 
and  the  bottom  at  the  ford,  we  found  to  be  full  of  huge 


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boulders,  causing  many  a  mishap  and  much  labor ;  some 
times  a  horse  would  go  down  almost  out  of  sight,  but,  at 
last,  by  swimming  and  wading,  the  crossing  of  the  artil 
lery  was  safely  effected  ;  the  men  were  transported  over 
on  an  old  flat-boat  that  lay  rotting,  near  by,  on  the 
shore.  We  pushed  rapidly  forward  to  Purcillville,  an 
insignificant  hamlet,  near  Snicker's  Gap. 

The  next  day  being  Sunday,  and,  for  a  wonder,  not 
being  called  upon  for  any  sort  of  duty,  was  passed  in  a 
sort  of  sleepy,  dreamy  way — a  fact  noticeable  throughout 
our  whole  command.  Since  the  severe  marching  and 
physical  endurance  of  the  past  two  months. 

Early  on  Monday,  the  i8th,  our  division  moved  down 
to  Snicker's  Ferry,  where  the  enemy  was  posted  in  force 
on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  Our  brigade  was  imme 
diately  pushed  forward,  plunging  into  the  water,  which 
was  waist  deep,  we  crossed  over,  driving  the  Rebels  be 
fore  us,  and  took  a  position  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
famed  Shenandoah.  The  rest  of  the  division  soon  joined 
us,  and  our  line  of  battle  was  rapidly  formed.  We  had 
thrown  out  a  heavy  line  of  skirmishers,  as  soon  as  the 
crossing  was  effected,  Col.  Wilson  taking  charge  of  them 
in  person,  mounted  on  his  black  charger,  he  rode  from 
one  end  of  the  line  to  the  other,  getting  it  firmly  estab 
lished,  and,  though  the  air  was  thick  with  bullets,  he  es 
caped  unharmed. 

Here  occurred  one  of  those  unfortunate  fights  in  which 
it  was  the  fortune  of  our  forces  so  often  to  participate 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  79 


during  the  course  of  the  war.  Our  lines  were  formed  in 
something  of  a  circle  on  the  top  of  a  knoll  extending 
along  the  river,  where,  from  the  manuevering  of  the  en 
emy,  we  could  see  that  they  were  in  strong  force,  ^oon 
they  came  charging  down  upon  us,  but  our  line  stood 
firm  as  a  rock,  and  sent  them  whirling  back  into  the 
woods,  where  they  re-formed  their  broken  line,  and 
with  reinforcements  came  again  to  the  attack,  shaking  their 
banners  and  yelling  like  mad-men,  they  came,  but  only 
to  recoil,  broken  and  shattered  before  our  deadly  vol 
leys.  Once  again  did  they  charge  our  unshaken  line,  but 
to  be  hurled  back  as  before. 

Night  was  now  rapidly  coming  on,  and  we  were  anx 
iously  looking  for  the  balance  of  our  troops  to  cross  the 
river,  but  they  did  not  come,  and  after  twice  getting  or 
ders,  we  began  slowly  to  recross  the  river. 

Our  regiment  and  the  34th  Massachusetts,  than  which 
there  was  no  braver  nor  more  gallant  regiment  in  the 
service  —  were*  left  to  protect  the  rear,  and  of  course, 
were  the  last  to  effect  the  crossing,  in  doing  which  many 
lives  were  lost,  quite  a  number  of  men  in  the  regiment 
being  either  shot  in  the  river  or  drowned  in  its  rushing 
waters. 

Lieut.  Willoughby,  of  company  F,  was  wounded,  and 
Lieut.  Williams,  of  company  B,  was  killed,  while  fording 
the  river  —  a  noble-  hearted  fellow,  mourned  by  all  who 
knew  him.  Orderly  Davis,  of  company  A,  mortally 
wounded  while  firing  the  last  shot  at  the  enemy,  was 


86  1 2  3D  OrtlO    VOLUNTEER   I&FANTRV. 

carried  to  an  Island  midway  of  the  stream,  where  he  was 
left  to  die — but  before  his  brave  spirit  winged  its  flight  to 
that  other  camping  ground,  he  placed  under  a  log  by  his 
side,  his  watch,  pocket-book,  knife,  and  all  of  his  trink 
ets,  and  the  next  day  when  his  comrades  returned  to  the 
spot  to  give  him  burial,  these  things  were  missed  ;  when 
the  log  being  accidentally  misplaced,  his  treasures  were 
disclosed,  and  afterwards  were  sent  home  to  his  wife. 
Knowing  his  hours  were  few,  lying  there  alone,  dying, 
with  only  God's  Angels  watching  over  him,  his  last 
thoughts  were  of  the  dear  ones  at  home,  secreting  his  effects 
as  narrated,  hoping  them  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  his  friends, 
that  his  wife  and  babies  might  receive  this,  his  last,  his 
dying  gift.  We  often  read  of  heroism  upon  the  battle  field 
when  the  blood  is  up,  with  flags  waving  in  the  breeze,  bright 
bayonets  gleaming  on  every  side,  and  the  thundering  of 
cannon  crashing  through  the  air.  But  thus  to  die  alone, 
to  fill  an  unknown  and  forgotten  grave,  with  the  sad 
murmurings  of  the  Shenandoah  chaunting  Its  endless  re 
quiem  around  hib  resting-place,  and  leave  such  evidence 
of  coolness  and  Christian  fortitude  in  meeting  the  grim 
messenger  face  to  face,  is  a  kind  of  bravery  before  which 
that  of  the  battlefield  pales  into  insignificance. 

Sergeant  Hart,  our  color  bearer,  was  shot  in  the  arm 
while  going  down  the  bank.  Adjutant  McCracken 
standing  near  by,  relieved  him  of  the  flag  and  started 
across  the  river,  but  getting  into  deep  water,  was  com 
pelled  to  let  it  go  in  the  rushing  waters,  in  order  to  save 


otfio  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


himself.  The  flag  however  was  recovered  soon  after,  it 
having  lodged  in  a  fallen  tree  just  below,  and  after  be 
ing  borne  through  several  other  engagements,  was  sent  to 
Columbus,  where,  a  mere  shred,  it  now  hangs  in  the 
Arm  and  Trophy  Department  of  the  State. 

Why  we  were  not  supported  in  this  engagement  was 
always  a  mystery  to  us,  unless  our  finding  the  enemy  in 
force  determined  Gen.  Wright  that  it  would  not  be  pru 
dent  to  cross  over  more  troops,  and  so  issued  the  order 
for  us  to  fall  back. 

We  found  the  6th  and  i9th  corps'  drawn  up  in  good 
shape,  and  as  we  marched  through  their  lines,  our  little 
division  did  not  present  a  very  flattering  appearance  —  as 
every  man  was  wet  "through  and  through,"  and  gener 
ally  covered  with  mud,  from  climbing  the  clay  river 
banks.  We  encamped  under  the  shelter  of  a  dense 
woods,  just  back  from  the  river,  and  proceeded  to  dry 
our  clothing,  and  get  our  guns  and  ammunition  in  con 
dition  for  service. 

On  the  i  gth,  the  6th  and  1  9th  corps'  moved  off  in  the  di 
rection  of  Washington,  and  we  heard,  that  they  had  got 
up  another  scare  at  the  capital.  The  next  day  after  the 
departure  of  these  troops,  we  again  crossed  the  river 
higher  up,  at  the  regular  ford,  in  a  drenching  rain  storm  ; 
we  waded  the  river,  which,  at  this  point,  was  about  two 
feet  deep,  and  it  was  quite  laughable  to  see  some  of  the 
men  attempt  to  keep  dry.  We  went  into  camp  just  on 

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82  T23t>   OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

the  other  side,  remaining  there  until  the  next  day,  when 
we  pushed  on  to  Winchester. 

On  the  24th,  about  noon,  signs  of  the  enemy's  ap 
proach  became  evident,  and  our  forces  were  soon  in 
position,  and  at  2  o'clock  a  fierce  battle  was  once  more 
raging  around  the  valley  city.  For  several  hours  the 
field  was  fiercely  contested,  when,  being  overpowered  on 
all  side's,  our  troops  were  compelled  to  fall  back,  saving 
all  our  trains,  and  taking  with  us  the  most  of  our  wound 
ed.  It  will  be  remembered  that  we  were  opposed  by  the 
same  army  that  we  measured  strength  with  over  the  same 
ground  one  month  later,  after  being  reinforced  by  the 
6th  and  igth  corps',  with  Gen.  Sheridan  commanding. 
In  this  engagement  the  gallant  Gen.  Mulligan  fell,  fight 
ing  at  the  head  of  his  division,  just  as  the  day  was  lost. 

No  shoes  or  clothing  had  been  issued  to  our  men 
since  the  Hunter  raid,  and  many  of  our  boys  were  still 
bare-foot,  for  such  of  them,  that  retreat,  was  simply  ter 
rible;  many  of  them  unable  to  walk  upon  their  blood- 
clotted  feet,  were  compelled  to  fall  out  and  were  taken 
prisoners,  most  of  whom  died  afterwards  from  cruel 
treatment  in  Andersonville.  We  made  a  stand  at  Bunker 
Hill,  holding  the  enemy  in  check  until  early  next  morn 
ing,  then  fell  back  to  Martinsburg,  skirmishing  all  the  way. 
We  held  the  town  until  all  the  military  stores  at  this 
point,  together  with  our  sick  and  wounded,  had  been  put 
into  cars  and  started  for  Cumberland,  on  the  Baltimore 
&  Ohio  Railroad  ;  when  with  our  train  we  fell  back  to 


1 2  3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTR^.  83 

Williamsport,  fording  the  Potomac.  On  the  morning  of 
the  26th  we  pushed  on  through  Sharpsburg,  thence  to 
Pleasant  Valley,  on  to  Harper's  Ferry,  where  we  again 
crossed  the  Potomac,  and  went  into  camp  on  the  28th 
at  Hall  Town,  four  miles  distant. 

Thus  in  sixteen  days  had  we,  in  our  worn-out  con 
dition,  many  of  the  men  without  shoes  or  proper  cloth 
ing,  fought  in  two  severe  engagements  and  marched  one 
hundred  and  ninety  miles.  Here  we  made  out  clothing 
and  pay  rolls,  and  on  July  3oth,  while  issuing  clothing 
to  the  men,  received  orders  to  march  to  the  defense  of 
the  Capitol,  and  immediately  started  back  into  Mary 
land.  None  who  were  on  that  march  will  soon  forget 
the  intense  heat  of  that  July  day ;  it  is  said  that  over 
one  hundred  of  the  army  died  from  sun  stroke,  and 
many  more  were  seriously  effected.  After  marching 
around  through  Maryland  for  four  or  five  days,  it  was 
discovered  that  the  "  Washington  scare  "  had  been  over 
estimated,  and  on  the  5th  of  August  we  went  into  camp 
at  Monocacy,  where  our  division  was  ordered  out  at 
sun-down  to  witness  the  execution  of  a  deserter  from  the 
23d  O.  V.  I.,  being  the  first  and  only  time  during  the 
war  that  our  regiment  was  called  upon  to  witness  such 
a  scene. 


84  I23D   OHIO   VOLENTEER    INFRNTRV. 


i     VII. 


THE  CAMPAIGN    UNDER    GENERAL   SHERIDAN  UP  TO  THE 

TIME    THE    REGIMENT    WAS    TRANSFERRED    TO 

THE  ARMY  OF  THE  JAMES,  INCLUDING 

THE  BATTLES  OF  BERRYVILLE, 

OPEQUAN,  FISHER'S  HILL 

AND     CEDAR 

CREEK. 

While  the  regiment  was  lying  at  Pleasant  Valley, 
Gen.  Sheridan  assumed  command  of  the  entire  depart 
ment  of  West  Virginia,  which  was  hereafter  to  be  called 
the  Department  of  the  Shenandoah.  A  new  state  of 
war-fare  was  now  inaugurated.  The  Rebels  of  the 
beautiful  valley  were  to  be  taught  a  lesson  which  they 
would  never  forget,  arid  victory  was  hereafter  to  perch  up 
on  our  banners.  Everything  now  assumed  an  air  of  busi 
ness  and  preparation ;  clothing  and  shoes,  which  were 
much  needed  by  the  men,  were  issued  in  abundance,  and 
our  boys  again  felt  that  spirit  of  confidence  which  is  a 
sure  prelude  to  success.  On  Monday,  August  8th,  we 
crossed  the  river  at  Harper's  Ferry,  and  encamped  on 


1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         85 

the  banks  of  the  Shenandoah,  near  Hall-Town;  re 
maining  there  until  the  roth,  when  we  again  started  up 
the  valley;  encamping  at  night  near  Berryville.  The 
next  day  we  marched  up  the  river  through  a  wild,  pictur 
esque  region  of  country ;  it  was  a  very  warm  day,  and 
the  men  suffered  greatly  for  the  want  of  water.  We 
encamped  about  eighteen  miles  from  our  start  of  the 
morning.  The  next  day  we  changed  our  direction  to  the 
right  until  we  struck  the  valley  pike  at  Middletown, 
where  we  found  that  our  cavalry  had  been  pushing  the 
Rebels  down  the  road  from  Martinsburg.  We  went  into 
camp  about  three  miles  from  Cedar  Creek,  and  during 
the  four  days  we  remained  here,  our  boys  subsisted 
mainly  upon  "  roasting  ears,"  we  having  arrived  just  in 
time  to  help  the  good  people  of  that  section  enjoy  this 
luxury.  On  the  evening  of  the  :  6th  we  received  orders 
to  move,  and  just  before  starting,  Col.  Wilson  was  taken 
very  ill — the  result  of  an  overdose  of  morphine,  admin 
istered  by  Surgeon  Hyatt,  and  the  command  of  the  regi 
ment  devolved  upon  Capt.  Chamberlin.  We  moved 
back  to  Winchester  that  night,  and  the  next  day  we 
marched  to  Berryville.  All  this  time  Col.  Wilson  was 
very  sick,  and  of  course  could  receive  but  little  care ; 
but  he  was  now  taken  to  a  farm-house  near  by,  and 
every  attention  paid  him  possible.  The  Colonel  finally 
recovered,  though  it  was  a  long  time  before  he  was  him 
self  again. 

On  the  1 8th  we  moved  back  to  a  small  place  called 


86  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Clifton,  remaining  there  until  the  2oth  ;  on  this  day  our 
regiment  reported  three  hundred  and  sixty  men  and 
six  officers  for  duty  ;  Capt.  Kellogg,  of  Company  E, 
and  Lieut.  Leonard,  of  Company  D,  joining  us  that 
evening. 

The  next  morning  the  regiment  went  out  as  guard  to 
a  forage  train,  and  while  loading  our  wagons,  heavy  skir 
mishing,  with  the  occasional  firing  of  artillery,  was  heard 
near  by,  and  we  hurried  back  to  camp,  only  to  find  it 
deserted.  After  considerable  traveling,  we  found  our 
proper  place  in  the  line  of  battle  which  had  been  formed, 
and  went  to  work  building  a  breast  work  of  rails,  which 
we  had  to  carry  quite  a  distance.  Early  in  the  evening 
we  moved  out  to  support  a  battery  in  our  front,  but  as 
night  came  on  the  firing  ceased,  and  about  1 1  o'clock  a 
retrograde  movement  commenced  in  the  direction  of 
Harper's  Ferry;  and  after  marching  about  fourteeen 
miles,  we  came  to  the  place  where  our  troops  were  going 
into  camp.  Our  brigade  commander,  who  was  with  our 
regiment,  had,  in  the  darkness,  lost  the  rest  of  his  bri 
gade,  and  we  had  the  honor  of  escorting  him  around 
hunting  for  it.  At  last,  in  disgust,  he  told  us  to  go  into 
camp — where  we  had  a  mind  to — an  order  which  we 
very  quickly  obeyed. 

On  the  following  morning  skirmishing  was  again  going 
on  in  our  front,  and  before  noon  we  were  at  work  forti 
fying,  and  by  night  our  division  was  strongly  en 
trenched. 


I25D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  87 

We  remained  here  until  the  28th,  and  during  the  first 
three  days  we  were  here  a  continuous  roar  of  skirmish 
firing  was  going  on  along  the  whole  line  ;  if  a  soldier 
from  either  side  showed  his  head  above  his  pile  of  rails, 
lie  was  sure  to  be  made  a  target  of.  The  officers  of  our 
division  tried  to  stop  this  kind  of  warfare,  but  with  little 
effect,  until  the  25th,  when  the  i23d  was  sent  out  out  on 
the  line  in  front  of  our  brigade ;  when  by  the  exertion 
of  our  commanding  officer,  skirmish  firing,  which  had 
been  almost  continuous  from  both  sides,  was  stopped  by 
our  regiment,  and  when  it  was  noticed  by  the  Rebels 
that  we  were  not  doing  the  usual  amount  of  firing,  they 
also  ceased,  and  we  were  soon  on  easy  terms  with  them, 
trading  papers,  coffee  for  tobacco,  etc. 

Our  example  soon  became  generally  adopted,  and 
firing  ceased  along  the  whole  front.  We  were  highly 
complimented  by  Gen.  Thoburne  for  the  prompt  manner 
in  which  the  nuisance  was  stopped. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2yth  it  was  discovered  that  the 
Rebels  had  abandoned  their  position,  and  we  received 
orders  to  be  in  readiness  to  move  without  baggage,  and 
with  three  days  rations,  to  last  four  days.  Early  on  the 
28th,  we  started,  but  stopped  near  Charlestown,  where  we 
remained  until  September  31!.  The  time  was  occupied 
in  making  clothing  and  pay-rolls,  and  on  the  3ist  of 
August,  the  regiment  was  mustered  and  received  four 
months'  pay. 

We   broke  camp  early   on  the  morning  of  September 


88  J23tt    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

3d,  moving  up  the  valley  in  three  columns,  the  6th  corps 
having  the  right,  the  19th  corps  the  center,  and  Gen. 
Crook's  command.,  to  which  we  belonged,  having  the 
left.  Our  command  reached  Berryville,  arriving  about 
noon.  Pickets  were  sent  out,  and  being  attacked,  our 
divison  was  sent  forward  to  their  support,  in  doing  which 
our  regiment,  or  six  companies  of  them,  the  others  be 
ing  on  picket,  became  heavily  engaged  with  a  brigade  of 
Rebels,  whom  we  run  into  a  in  cornfield  almost  before  we 
were  aware  of  their  presence.  We  gave  them  three  or 
four  volleys,  when  they  came  charging  down  upon  us 
and  we  were  forced  to  retire,  loosing  four  killed  and 
fifteen  wounded.  As  .soon  as  we  reached  our  reserves 
our  line  was  halted  and  we  laid  there  on  our  arms  all 
night,  expecting  the  fight  would  be  renewed  in  the  morn 
ing.  It  rained  most  of  the  night,  and  was  quite  cold  ; 
taking  it  all  in  all,  we  had  a  pretty  rough  night  of  it. 
Our  corps  was  assigned  its  position  on  the  line  in  the 
morning  and  commenced  building  "  breast  works,  and 
right  here  we  might  say  that  these,  like  all  the  others 
we  built  during  the  war,  were  never  fired  over,  it  always 
being  our  privilege  to  be  the  attacking  party.  We  re 
mained  here  for  some  time,  working  on  the  fortifica 
tions  and  doing  picket  duty.  On  the  yth,  Lieut.  Col. 
Kellogg  came  up  and  took  command  of  the  regiment, 
Capt.  Chamberlin  having  been  in  command  since  August 
1 7th. 
The  Colonel  had  been  sick  in  hospital,  and  had  quite 


1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.          89 

an  adventure  while  on  his  way  from  the  ferry  to  the  regi 
ment,  in  company  with  a  surgeon  in  charge  of  an  ambu 
lance  train,  and  without  escort.  All  went  well  until 
within  seven  or  eight  miles  of  the  army,  when  it  now  be 
ing  about  5  o'clock  P.  M.,  they  were  suddenly  pounced 
upon  in  front  and  rear  by  a  gang  of  bushwhackers,  under 
command  of  the  redoubtable  •'  Mosby  ;"  fortunately  the 
Colonel  and  Surgeon  were  pretty  well  ahead  of  the  train, 
and  the  main  body  of  the  Rebels  had  came  on  the  road 
behind  them,  so  putting  spur  to  their  horses,  they  dash 
ed  down  the  road,  brushing  the  Rebs  in  their  immediate 
pathway  aside,  and  away  up  the  pike  at  a  break-neck 
speed  they  went,  when  in  about  twenty  minutes,  reach 
ing  a  cavalry  out-post,  Col.  Cellogg  persuaded  the  Ser 
geant  in  charge,  with  about  twenty  men,  to  go  back  with 
him  and  recapture  the  train.  Flying  over  the  ground, 
they  were  soon  upon  them,  and  going  in  with  a  yell, 
they  scattered  the  "Jonnies"  in  every  direction,  recov 
ering  the  entire  train  before  the  Rebels  could  get  it 
turned  around  and  in  shape  to  get  away,  thus  saving 
to  the  government  many  thousands  of  dollars,  and  to  the 
army  a  much  needed  train  of  ambulances.  Had  Col. 
Kellogg  waited  until  a  strong  force  of  cavalry  could  have 
been  secured,  as  most  officers  would  have  done,  it  would 
have  been  too  late,  and  Mosby,  with  his  plunder,  well 
out  of  reach  in  the  mountains.  We  now  had  a  splendid 
army,  and  knew  we  could  whip  the  Rebs  at  any  time, 
and  the  wonder  throughout  the  army  was  "  why  don't  we 


90  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

do  it."  We  afterwards  learned  that  Gen.  Grant's  orders 
were  to  avoid  a  decisive  engagement  if  possible,  as  it 
would  not  do,  at  that  time,  for  this  army  to  surfer  a 
defeat. 

Captain  Shawhan  joined  the  regiment  on  the  i2th, 
and  on  the  i5th,  Col.  Kellogg  receiving  a  "sick  leave," 
went  to  his  home,  the  command  of  the  regiment  again 
devolving  upon  Capt.  Chamberlin. 

September  i6th  our  army  was  visited  by  Gen.  Grant, 
in  order  to  confer  in  person  with  Gen.  Sheridan.  The 
General  saw  that  all  Gen.  Sheridan  wanted  was  permis 
sion  to  strike — it  was  given  in  two  words — "go  in  " — 
and  we  went. 

The  army  was  in  motion  before  daylight  on  Monday 
the  1 9th,  and  before  night  closed  upon  us,  the  famous 
battle  of  "  Opequan  "  was  fought  and  won.  We  took 
the  road  in  the  direction  of  Winchester,  the  6th  and  i9th 
corps'  having  the  advance.  Firing  commenced  as  soon 
as  we  were  fairly  started,  and  increased  in  volume  as  we 
advanced,  to  that  roar  which  indicates  the  heavy  engage 
ment.  We  reached  the  Perryville  Pike  where  it  crosses 
the  Opequan  Creek,  about  10  o'clock  A.  M  ,  where 
we  were  held  in  reserve  until  about  2  o'clock  P. 
M.,  when  we  were  ordered  up.  We  crossed  the  creek, 
and  made  our  way  along  a  narrow,  woody  gorge  up  to 
the  front. 

The  road  was  crowded  with  artillery,  ammunition 
wagons,  and  ambulances,  also  with  prisoners  and 


1 2 30    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  9! 

wounded  men  moving  to  the  rear,  in  fact,  it  was  so 
choked  up  that  it  was  with  difficulty  we  picked  our  way 
through  the  debris. 

We  at  length  reached  a  ravine,  in  front  of  which  was  a 
narrow  strip  of  woods,  and  along  its  southern  edge  a  di 
vision  of  the  1 9th  corps  was  posted,  and  seemingly, 
heavily  engaged.  We  were  rapidly  massed  in  column  by 
brigade,  with  ours  in  front,  and  immediately  moved  for 
ward,  relieving  this  portion  of  the  igth  corps,  and  as 
soon  as  they  were  massed  and  ready,  the  bugle  sounded 
the  advance,  and  we  moved  forward  on  the  double- 
quick.  Now  commenced  one  of  the  most  exciting 
charges  ever  participated  in  by  a  large  army ;  for  over 
two  miles  we  drove  them,  over  stone  fences,  up  hills  and 
down  ravines,  until  about  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  when,  our 
cavalry  getting  on  their  flank,  they,  no  longer  making 
any  stand,  went  flying  down  the  valley  with  Averill's 
and  Merritt's  gallant  riders  in  hot  pursuit.  The  i23d 
was  the  first  regiment  over  the  fortifications  and  into  the 
city  of  Winchester.  We  went  into  the  fight  with  six  offi 
cers  and  one  hundred  and  eighty-two  men,  losing  seven 
men  killed  and  three  officers — Capt.  Shawhan,  Lieuten 
ants  Snyder  and  Johnson — and  forty-two  men  wounded, 
receiving  special  praise  from  Gen.  Thoburn,  for  our  gal 
lant  conduct. 

In  this  truly  great  battle  we  captured  nearly  three 
thousand  prisoners,  five  guns,  and  nine  battle  flags.  Gen. 
Sheridan's  dispatch  announcing  the  victory,  was,  "We 


92         1 2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

have  just  sent  them  whirling  through  Winchester,  and 
we  are  after  them  to-morrow.  The  army  behaved  splen 
didly." 

The  next  day  we  moved  up  the  valley  to  Strasburg  ; 
where  on  the  hills  beyond,  the  Rebel  army,  in  a  naturally 
strong  position,  had  fortified  themselves,  determined 
again  to  try  the  issue  of  battle. 

We  were  rnanuevered  around  some  until  the  morning  of 
the  22(i,  when  the  two  divisions  of  our  corps  were 
moved  back  about  three  miles,  where  getting  under  cov 
er,  we  changed  our  direction  to  the  left,  up  the  side  of 
the  mountain,  and  then  silently  stole  towards  the  Rebel 
lines.  We  crept  along  the  mountain  until  about  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  when  getting  squarely  on  their  flank,  our  lines 
were  formed  for  the  charge,  but  while  doing  it  we  were 
discovered  by  the  enemy,  who  immediately  opened  on 
us  with  shot  and  shell ;  but  it  was  too  late,  the  order 
was  at  once  issued,  "  Double-quick,  charge!  "  and  we 
were  upon  them  before  they  could  make  any  prepara 
tions  to  receive  us,  capturing  their  artillery,  and  turning 
their  left  completely;  we  went  sweeping  down  their 
breast-works,  like  the  wind,  every  man  yelling  at  the  top 
of  his  voice  ;  at  the  same  time  that  we  charged  them  on 
their  left,  the  6th  and  iQth  corps'  attacked  them  in  front. 

Routed  at  every  point  they  were  soon  in  wild  retreat, 
the  ground  being  literally  .strewn  with  arms  and  accou 
trements.  The  cavalry  kept  up  the  pursuit  throughout 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY        93 

the  night,  keeping   the   fleeing   army   on   the  jump  for 
twenty  five  miles. 

The  victory  was  complete — eleven  hundred  prisoners 
and  sixteen  pieces  of  artillery  falling  into  our  hands,  and 
accomplished  with  but  very  little  loss  to  us ;  our  regi 
ment  losing  seven  wounded. 

We  bivouacked  on  our  arms,  where  darkness  overtook 
us,  being  completely  tired  out  with  the  day's  work.  Here 
occurred  one  of  those  accidents,  which,  from  its  sheer 
needlessless,  caused  a  cold  shudder  to  run  over  all.  The 
34th  Massachusetts  of  our  brigade,  camped  in  our  imme 
diate  vicinity,  and  while  all  was  bustle  and  confusion, 
their  Major,  was  shot  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a 
musket,  at  the  time,  he  was  standing  with  a  group  of  offi 
cers  around  a  hastily  constructed  camp-fire. 

It  seemed  hard,  that  after  having  gallantly  and  safely 
passed  through  so  much  hard  fighting,  thus  to  be  strick 
en  down,  while  quietly  discussing  the  day's  battle. 

In  the  morning  the  army  pushed  rapidly  forward, 
leaving  our  brigade  to  collect  the  debris,  care  for  the 
prisoners  and  wounded  and  bury  the  dead. 

At  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  on  the  24th,  we  moved  on  after 
the  army,  through  Woodstock,  Edinburg  and  Mt.  Jack 
son,  going  into  camp  two  miles  beyond,  making  a  twen 
ty-seven  mile  march ;  pretty  good  considering  that  the 
regiment  marched  on  the  flank  of  the  train  all  day,  and 
until  10  o'clock  P.  M.,  through  brush,  over  fences,  up 
and  down  hills,  and  sometimes  fording  streams,  causing 


94  123t>   OHIO  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


every  one  to  feel  ^lad  when  the  order  came  to  go  into 
camp  wherever  a  good  place  could  be  found. 

The  next  morning  we  went  on  through  New  Market, 
where  we  wandered  around  some  over  the  ground,  of  our 
fight  here  of  May  i5th.  The  trees  and  fences  plainly 
giving  evidence  of  the  terrible  musketry  fire  on  that  day. 
Resuming  our  march  we  went  on  through  Harrisonburg, 
where  we  found  the  army  encamped. 

While  here  we  made  out  "  Muster  and  Pay-Rolls,"  and 
straightened  up  our  papers  generally.  The  regiment  had 
two  hundred  and  fifty  eis[ht  men,  and  four  officers  for 
duty,  Capt.  Chamberlin  in  command,  with  Lieutenants 
Husted,  Bevington  and  Keyes  under  him. 

On  October  4th  Lieut.  Meiggs,  of  Gen.  Sheridan's 
staff,  was  bushwhacked  while  making  observations  of  the 
roads  in  our  vicinity,  in  retaliation  for  which,  Sheridan 
ordered  that  every  house  and  barn  within  five  miles  of 
the  murder  should  be  burned  to  the  ground.  This  order 
was  afterwards  revoked,  so  far  as  the  little  town  of  Day 
ton  was  concerned,  which  came  within  the  prescribed 
limits. 

On  the  6th  of  October  we  again  broke  camp,  and  start 
ed  back  down  the  valley.  Our  brigade  was  in  the  rear 
of  the  infantry,  and  directly  behind  us  came  the  cavalry, 
who  had  orders  to  destroy  all  barns,  stacks  of  grain,  and 
everything  that  could  support  a  Rebel  Army.  The 
smoke  that  filled  the  valley  as  far  as  we  could  see  to  the 


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rear,  was  conclusive  proof  that  the  order  was  being  exe 
cuted  to  the  letter. 

We  reached  Cedar  Creek  on  the  nth  and  went  into 
camp  on  the  east  side,  taking  our  position  on  the  left  of 
the  1 9th  corps,  and  here  we  held  our  first  election,  in 
accordance  v/ith  the  law,  allowing  soldiers  in  the  field  to 
vote.  Col.  Kellogg  and  Capt.  Kellogg  came  up  just  in 
time  to  exercise  their  elective  franchise.  Capt  Cham- 
berlin,  who  had  ably  commanded  the  regiment  since  the 
1 5th  of  September,  was  now  relieved,  and  Lieut.  Col. 
Kellogg,  assumed  command.  We  were  all  glad  to  see 
his  genial  phiz  once  more  for  all  knew  him,  the  kind, 
true  friend,  the  brave  and  accomplished  officer. 

We  now  had  six  officers  in  the  line  for  duty,  more  than 
at  any  other  time  since  the  Hunter  Raid. 

On  the  1 3th  our  entire  regiment  went  on  picket,  a  por 
tion  of  the  line  being  across  the  creek,  when,  to  the  sur 
prise  of  every  one,  the  enemy  opened  fire  from  a  masked 
battery,  and  shelled  our  camp  for  about  two  hours, 
when  the  ist  and  3d  brigades  of  our  division  were  sent 
out  to  look  into  the  matter.  They  soon  found  the  Rebels 
in  strong  force,  when  orders  were  sent  for  the  brigade^ 
to  return,  but  the  Adjutant  General,  after  having  deliv 
ered  the  order  to  the  3d  brigade,  had  his  horse  shot  un 
der  him,  and  failing  to  give  the  order  to  our  brigade, 
they  kept  on  advancing,  until  the}-  were  heavily  engaged, 
and  very  soon  were  forced  back,  being  overpowered  by  a 
greatly  superior  force.  Our  brigade  lost  heavily,  Col. 


96  t23t)   OHIO   VOLtiNTfiER 

Wells,  commanding,  and  his  Adjutant  General  were 
killed  and  left  on  the  field.  Our  picket-line  was  now 
changed  to  a  skirmish-line,  being  reinforced  by  two  com- 
panys  from  the  i  i6thO.  V.  I.  We  held  our  position  firmly, 
and  about  midnight  advanced  a  half  mile,  and  found  that 
the  Rebels  had  fallen  back.  We  laid  here  several  days, 
doing  picket  and  forage  duty,  receiving  some  reinforce 
ments  by  men  returning  from  hospitals. 

One  day  one  hundred  men  were  called  for  to  go  with 
a  forage  train.  Every  precaution  was  used,  but  the  For 
age  Master  thought  there  was  no  danger,  and  straying 
out  of  reach  of  our  protecting  Springfields,  was  gobbled 
up  with  one  of  his  wagons  by  some  bushwhackers,  and 
started  towards  "  Dixie's  Land." 

The  rest  of  the  train,  well  loaded,  reached  camp  about 
9  o'clock  P.  M.,  very  tired,  having  traveled  twenty-four 
miles  over  mountain  roads. 

On  the  1 8th  of  October  the  regiment,  in  conjunction 
with  the  nth  Virginia,  made  a  reconnoisance  to  within  a 
half  mile  of  the  enemy's  camp.  We  could  plainly  see 
them  lying  around  under  the  trees,  but  nothing  to  indi 
cate  the  movement  that,  on  the  morrow,  was  to  startle 
the  nation,  and  shake  the  army  of  the  >  henandoah  to  the 
very  centre. 

At  half  past  4  on  the  morning  of  October  i9th,  the 
regiment  was  routed  out  by  a  straggling  picket  fire  in 
our  front ;  the  word  was  passed  along  that  the  enemy 
were  advancing,  and  the  men  quietly  fell  into  line  along 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         97 

the  breast-work.  The  other  brigades,  however,  failed  to 
observe  the  warning,  or  were  too  slow  in  "falling  in." 
The  Rebels  easily  turned  the  right  of  our  corps,  getting 
over  the  works  with  little  or  no  opposition,  many  of  the 
men  being  still  asleep  in  their  tents. 

Some  resistance,  however,   was  made   by  our  brigade, 
the  only  one  in  the    division  not  surprised;  we  fell  slowly 
back,  the  br.oken   ranks  of  the  other  brigades,   rallying 
upon  our  line;  we  soon  came  upon  the   iQth  corps  that, 
by  this  time  had  got  into   line,   and,   meeting  their  first 
division,  we  made  a  good  stand,  giving  them  several  well, 
directed  volleys,   that  checked    their  advance,  but  soon 
being  flanked  on  the  left,   were  compelled  again  to  give 
way;   here  our  division  commander,  Gen.  Thoburn,  and 
his  Adjutant  General,  were  killed.     A  running  fight  was 
now  kept  up  for  about  four  miles,  when  meeting  the  6th 
corps  drawn  up  in  line,   with  their  artillery   in  position, 
the  retreat  was  checked.     The   iQth   corps  took  position 
on  their  left,  our  corps  joining  their 's,  with  a  good  body 
of  cavalry  on  our  left.     Up  to  this  hour  it  had  been  the 
darkest  day  of  our  army  life  ;   flushed  with  victory  in  two 
great  battles  within  a  month,  supposing  ourselves  invin 
cible  against  anything  in    the    valley,    thus  to  be  driven 
almost  in  a   rout  from  our  works,   was  a  little  too  much 
for  our  philosophy.     But    now    retreat    was   no    longer 
thought  of;  Gen.  Wright  of  the  6th  corps  had  our  lines 
well  established,  and  the  enemy  decidedly  checked,  when 
Gen.  Sheridan  arrived  on  the  field,  he  having  riden  from 
[*«] 


98  I  2  3D   OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Winchester,  "  Twenty  miles  away,"  since  the  battle 
commenced.  New  life  seemed  at  once  to  animate  the 
whole  army.  Some  slight  changes  were  made  in  the  line, 
particularly  with  the  cavalry — when  the  order  was  given, 
"  Forward  along  the  line,"  and  away  we  went,  with  a 
heavy  line  of  skirmishers,  armed  with  repeating  rifles, 
supported  by  fstrong  lines  of  infantry,  against  whose 
steady  and  determined  advance  there  was  no  resistance. 
In  less  than  an  hour  the  Rebel  horde  was  flying  back  over 
the  ground  they  had  so  lately  traverse  1,  flushed  with  suc 
cess.  The  cavalry  now  swooped  down  from  their  posi 
tions,  on  the  right  and  on  the  left,  and  as  the  enemy's 
lines  were  turned,  and  in  wild  retreat,  the  scene  that  en 
sued  along  that  valley  pike  beggars  description. 

It  was  a  grand  sight  to  see  that  army,  lately  shattered 
and  stricken  nigh  unto  annihilation,  thus  reform  their 
columns  and  boldly  move  out  to  the  charge;  in  all  the 
battles  of  the  great  rebellion,  no  parallel  is  presented. 
Back  through  our  camps  which  they  had  swept  in  the 
morning,  the  beaten  Rebels  ran,  throwing  away  their 
guns  and  knapsacks,  and  everything  that  in  any  way  im 
peded  their  headlong  flight. 

The  cavalry  kept  up  the  pursuit  for  sixteen  miles,  re 
capturing  all  of  our  trains,  and  capturing  the  greater 
portion  of  their's. 

We  stacked  our  muskets  behind  the  works  occupied  in 
the  morning,  and  slept  that  night,  as  we  had  fought  that 
day,  without  food. 


OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  99 

There  is  scarce  a  doubt  that  if  we  could  have  had  two 
hours  more  of  daylight,  the  Rebel  army  would  have  been 
totally  annihilated,  as  it  was  we  captured  forty-nine 
pieces  of  artillery,  besides  retaking  the  ones  taken  from 
us  in  the  morning,  and  over  two  thousand  prisoners. 
Our  loss  was  very  heavy,  being  over  six  thousand  in 
killed  and  wounded  ;  that  of  the  enemy  being  much 
less.  The  loss  in  our  regiment  was  one  killed,  fifteen 
wounded  and  thirteen  missing. 

The  change  from  the  gloom  of  disaster  that  hung  over 
our  army  in  the  morning,  to  complete  and  undisputed  vic 
tory  in  the  evening,  cannot  easily  be  described.  The 
rebellion  for  this  portion  of  the  confederacy  was  effectu 
ally  closed.  And  when  we  remember  the  armies,  great 
and  small,  that  have  at  different  times  marched  up  and 
down  this  famous  valley ;  the  many  hard  fought  battles 
for  the  mastery  of  its  soil  ;  its  importance  in  the  great 
drama  of  the  rebellion  is  plain.  Here  the  sons  of  nearly 
every  State  in  the  Union  are  sleeping  the  last  long 
sleep  ;  some  in  burial  places  set  apart  for  their  repose, 
while  many,  many  more,  quietly  rest  in  unmarked  and 
forgotten  graves,  the  victims  of  a  wicked,  cruel  and  un 
called  for  attempt  upon  the  life  of  the  purest  and  best 
government  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

We  encamped  at  night  upon  our  old  ground,  but  with 
out  tents,  blankets  or  rations,  the  Rebels  having  made 
clean  work  of  our  camp,  and  as  most  of  the  men  left  their 
haversacks  where  they  grasped  their  muskets,  but  very 


100  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

few  had  anything  to  eat,  though  fighting  hard  from  five 
in  the  morning  till  seven  at  night  has  a  tendency  to 
make  one  hungry. 

We  changed  our  camp  the  next  morning  to  a  more 
sheltered  one  ;  anything  but  refreshed  from  our  sleep  on 
the  cold,  damp  ground. 

In  the  course  of  a  few  days  we  drew  blankets,  over 
coats  and  some  tents.  Some  of  the  officers  rigged  up 
quarters  from  pieces  of  old  tents,  wagon  covers  and.  old 
boards,  not  especially  handsome ;  but  they  answered  to 
write  in,  and  after  a  great  battle  there  was  always  plenty 
of  that  to  do.  It  was  an  army  saying  that  the  trouble  in 
fixing  up  papers  after  a  great  defeat  was  only  exceeded  by 
that  occasioned  by  a  great  victory. 

We  remained  here  for  some  time,  doing  nothing,  as 
there  was  nothing  to  do.  The  valley  was  absolutely 
ours. 

On  the  28th,  the  army  was  paid  off,  and  of  course 
money  was  plenty,  much  to  the  satifaction  of  the  suttlers, 
as  well  as  the  boys. 

On  November  Qth  we  moved  back  to  near  Kearnstown, 
about  five  miles  from  Winchester.  It  was  here  that 
"  Little  Phil"  received  his  Major- General's  commission 
in  the  United  States  Army,  just  one  month  previous  he 
having  received  a  Brigadier-General's  commission  in  the 
same,  winning  the  one  at  Winchester,  September  iQth, 
and  the  other  at  Cedar  Creek,  October  igth. 

On  the  1 6th  of  November  we  had  dress- parade  for  the 


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first  time  since  May  ist.  Over  six  months  of  hard  field 
service,  in  which  there  was  no  room  for  parade  or  drill. 
We  had  borne  our  part  in  the  engagements  at  New  Mar 
ket,  Piedmont,  Lynchburg,  Snicker's  Ferry,  Winchester, 
Berryville,  Opequan,  Fisher's  Hill,  and  Cedar  ("reek, 
losing  forty  in  killed,  runty-seven  in  wounded  and  twen 
ty-four  missing.  Of  officers  we  had  one  killed  and  four 
wounded,  being  one-half  the  number  we  had  for  duty  at 
any  one  time.  We  had  marched  eleven  hundred  miles, 
and  for  the  most  part  under  a  broiling  sun  and  on  short 
rations. 

On  the  1 8th,  our  brigade  was  ordered  to  Opequan 
bridge,  to  guard  the  railroad  at  that  point,  where,  on 
the  24th,  we  received  our  portion  of  the  ten  thousand 
Thanksgiving  turkeys,  sent  by  our  noble  State  to  her 
sons  in  the  field.  While  remaining  here  it  rained  the 
most  of  the  time,  the  weather  being  quite  cold. 

December  i/ith,  Adjutant  McCracken  returned  to  the 
regiment,  and  on  the  iyth,  the  officers  of  the  brigade, 
with  the  band  of  the  34th  Massachusetts  came  over  to 
our  headquarters,  and  a  general  good  time  was  indulged 
in.  Not,  perhaps,  in  strict  accordance  with  the  views  of 
the  would-be  reformers  of  this  day,  but,  nevertheless,  all 
were  happy;  every  one  was  congratulated  on  being 
alive,  and  fair  fortune  was  invoked  to  continue  propitious 
for  each  and  every  one.  We  had  now  made  preparations 
for  remaining  here  during  the  winter.  The  men  had 
built  good  quarters  out  of  logs,  procured  from  the  woods 


102  I23D    OHIO    VOLENTEER    INFRNTRY. 

near  at  hand,  and  the  officers  had  erected  quite  a  house 
from  similar  material,  when,  on  December  i8th,  orders 
came  transfering  our  division  to  the  army  of  the  James, 
in  front  of  Richmond. 


1 2  ^D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  ICT 


FROM  OPEQUAN    BRIDGE    TO    THE    SURRENDER    OF    LEE,   IN 
CLUDING  HATCHER'S  RUN  AND  HIGH  BRIDGE. 

On  the  1 9th  of  December  we  left  our  log  cabins  so  la 
boriously  constructed,  with  some  regrets,  and  possibly 
with  some  hard  words,  but  a  soldier's  life  is  one  of  obe 
dience,  and,  in  a  few  hours,  our  nice  quarters  at  Opequ-an 
were  forgotten,  and  we  were  ready  to  build  others  as 
uncomplainingly  as  we  had  these,  wherever  our  camp 
would  be  pitched.  It  was  a  drizzly,  cold  day,  and  for 
some  unknown  reason  we  were  very  slow  in  getting 
started. 

But  at  length,  about  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  we  weie  all 
on  board  the  cars  and  on  our  way  to  Washington,  where 
we  arrived  early  the  next  morning.  In  about  two  hours 
we  embarked  on  board  the  steamer  Keyport  and  started 
down  the  Potomac. 

We  sailed  under  sealed  orders,  not  knowing  for  a  cer 
tainty  where  we  were  going  until  after  passing  Fortress 


104       1 2 30  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

Monroe,   though   our  destination   had  been  pretty  well 
guessed. 

AVe  experienced  very  rough  weather  while  on  the  voy 
age,  and  a  great  many  of  the  men  were  sea-sick,  and 
we  were  compelled  to  anchor  for  the  night  off  the  Rhap- 
pa  ban  nock  river,  the  steamer  having,  four  feet  of  water 
in  the  hold.  It  was  a  disgrace  to  our  country  thus  to 
jeopardize  the  lives  of  men.  We,  of  course,  had  no  op 
tion  in  the  matter  ;  on  this  vessel  we  were  to  sail  and  that 
ended  the  matter ;  if  the  steamer  had  gone  to  the  bot 
tom  with  us — and  it  was  a  wonder  that  she  did  not — 
the  verdict  would  have  been  as  usual — a  terrible  loss  of 
life,  a;id  no  one  to  blame.  But  this  was  only  one  often 
thousand  cases,  where  the  men  who  were  in  the  field, 
nobly  battling  for  the  nation's  life,  suffered  through  the 
wicked  greed  of  gain  in  others. 

On  the  22d  we  got  under-way  early  in  the  day,  pas 
sing  Fortress  Monroe  on  the  right  and  "  Rip  Raps  "  on 
the  left. 

The  angry  waves  dashing  against  their  sides  on  thai 
icy  December  morning,  caused  them  to  appear  anything 
but  inviting  spots  to  us,  accustomed  to  soldiering  among 
green  hills  and  grassy  hillsides. 

Early  the  next  morning  we  disembarked  at  Jones 
Landing,  near  City  Point,  and  marched  about  five  miles 
in  a  northerly  direction,  taking  our  position  in  the  line 
on  the  right  of  the  24th  corps,  to  which  we  were  now 
attached  as  the  independent  division,  Gen.  John  W. 
Turner  commanding. 


1 2  3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  105 

We  passed  a  cold  and  sleepless  night,  there  being 
about  four  inches  of  snow  on  the  ground,  and  \Vood  very 
scarce. 

Our  train  did  not  get  up  until  nearly  morning.  The 
next  morning  we  went  to  work  on  our  camp  in  good 
earnest.  From  a  wood,  about  a  half  mile  distant,  the 
men  split  out  slabs  and  carried  them,  on  their  shoulders, 
notching  them  together  in  regular  backwoods  style,  cov 
ering  them  with  their  "  dog-tents,"  making  houses  large 
enough  to  accommodate  from  six  to  eight  .men. 

They  then  built  a  fire  place  in  each  out  of  sticks  laid 
up  in  cob-house  fashion,  plastering  heavily  with  clay 
both  on  the  inside  and  outside,  and  made  ourselves  quite 
comfortable  for  the  winter. 

The  weather  was  very  disagreeable  all  through  the 
months  of  January  and  February,  raining  or  snowing 
nearly  every  day,  keeping  us  in  slush  nearly  all  the  time. 
Firing  was  constantly  going  on  at  the  front,  and  during 
the  day  hearing  cannonading  was  the  regular  order,  but 
no  general  engagement  occurred  during  the  winter. 
While  here  inspections  were  quite  frequent,  and  very 
rigid,  and  great  pains  were  taken  with  the  appearance  and 
discipline  of  the  regiment.  We  were  under  arms  and  at 
the  breast-works  every  morning  at  daybreak.  Many 
promotions  were  made  during  the  winter,  Capt.  Cham- 
berlin  to  Major,  ist  Lieutenants  Davis,  McCracken, 
Snyder  and  Bevington  to  Captains,  and  2d  Lieutenants 
Husted,  Pumphrey,  Sowers  and  Keyes  to  ist  Lieuten- 


106  1 2 3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

ants.  The  last  being  soon  after  detailed  on  brigade 
staff. 

Captains  Randolph,  Rosenbaum  and  Robbins,  and 
Lieutenants  Davis,  Acker  and  Boyce,  joined  the  regi 
ment,  they  having  made  their  escape  from  ."  Rebel  pris 
ons  "  during  the  fall  and  winter,  this  being  the  first  we 
had  seen  of  them  since  the  disastrous  fight  at  Winchester, 
June  1 5th,  1863. 

Sometime  in  March  we  received  a  new  stand  of  colors, 
our  old  ones  being  completely  in  ribbons,  and  Major 
Chamberlin  going  home  on  a  leave  of  absence,  took  them 
with  him  to  Ohio,  and  presented  them  to  the  Governor 
for  safe  keeping. 

About  the  middle  of  March  everything  began  to  as 
sume  a  busy  air  throughout  the  army,  and  it  was  evident 
that  military  movements  would  soon  begin. 

On  the  25th  our  division  received  orders  to  be  ready 
to  move  at  an  hours  notice,  and  on  the  night  of  the  2;th 
the  orders  came,  and  very  shortly  we  were  on  the  way, 
crossing  the  James  River  under  cover  of  the  darkness.  We 
then  struck  off  to  the  rear  of  our  works  for  a  short  dis 
tance,  and  then  away  towards  our  left.  All  night  long 
through  that  dense  woods  and  pitchy  darkness  we  slowly 
picked  our  way.  The  road  was  very  muddy,  and  the 
march  a  tiresome  one.  We  halted  about  4  o'clock  in  the 
morning  for  a  short  rest. 

Snatching  a  hasty  breakfast  at  8  o'clock,  we  were 
again  on  the  road,  pushing  on  all  day  towards  the  left. 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  107 

We  now  became  aware  that  Sheridan  was  pressing  the  en 
emy's  right,  and  that  we  were  probably  on  the  way  to 
reinforce  him. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2gth  we  reached  the  position 
assigned  us  in  the  vicinity  of  Hatcher's  Run,  and  remain 
ed  quietly  behind  the  works  until  the  next  day. 

Early  in  the  morning  we  moved  out  beyond  the  en 
trenchments,  and  immediately  the  crack  of  musketry 
announced  that  skirmishing  had  begun,  but  we  steadily 
pressed  them  back,  through  the  tangled  woods  and 
across  creeks  and  gullies.  About  noon  the  rain  com 
menced  falling  in  torents,  making  our  advance  very 
tedious. 

We  stopped  at  night,  and  at  once  commenced  fortify 
ing  our  position.  All  next  day  the  rain  continued  to 
pour,  making  it  impossible  for  us  to  move  our  artillery, 
and  we  were  compelled  to  remain  idle.  Early  on  the 
3ist  our  division  moved  out  to  the  attack,  the  regiment 
being  on  the  skirmish  line,  were  immediately  under  fire, 
and  drove  the  enemy  steadily  back  until  within  five 
hundred  yards  of  their  entrenched  position  on  Hatcher's 
Run.  Just  before  a  halt  was  ordered,  the  regiment 
made  a  gallant  charge,  driving  the  Rebs  from  a  point  of 
timber,  capturing  some  prisoners  and  gaining  a  very  de 
sirable  position  and  maintained  it  against  a  heavy  can 
nonade  and  musketry  fire  throughout  the  day.  As  soon 
as  night  came  on,  we  set  to  work  building  breast  works, 
using  rails  and  loose  stones,  and  digging  dirt  with  our 


I08  I23D    OHIO     VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

bayonets,  we  were  very  soon  pretty  strongly  entrenched. 
We  remained  there  all  night,  getting  very  little,  if  any, 
sleep,  firing  commenced  early  in  the  morning  and  was 
kept  up  steadily  through  the  day,  no  change,  however, 
being  made  in  our  position.  Now  by  all  reason  of  fair 
ness  we  certainly  should  have  been  relieved.  We  had 
been  on  severe  duty  for  two  days,  sending  many  of  our 
dead  and  wounded  back  to  the  rear,  amply  attesting  the 
work  we  had  done.  We  had  cooked  nothing  to  eat  dur- 
the  time,  though  the  boys  in  the  rear  had  sent  us  out  hot 
coffee  on  several  occasions.  But  Gen.  Turner  sent  a 
special  request  to  Col.  Kellogg,  who  had  gallantly  and 
in  person  commanded  the  line  ;  asking  that  he  remain 
with  his  regiment,  on  the  line,  for  another  night.  Of 
course  his  request  was  complied  with. 

At  day  break  the  grand  movement  was  made  along 
the  whole  line,  that  gave  us  Petersburg,  and  sent  the 
Rebels  broken  and  shattered  from  their  last  stronghold 
in  Virginia.  ;  ; 

The  advance  was  begun  on  our  right,  and  as  the  cheers 
of  our  troops  announced  their  success,  Col.  Kellogg  be 
came  very  anxious  to  lead  his  regiment  against  the  works 
in  our  front.  Twice  he  sent  for  permission  before  it 
came. 

The  regiment  was  all  ready,  and  at  the  word,  leaped 
over  their  rail  pens  and  away  for  the  enemies  works,  and 
without  a  stop,  over  their  defences,  capturing  several 
hundred  prisoners,  two  cannon  and  two  battle  flags. 


I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.        TOQ 

One  of  these  battle  'flags  is  still  in  possession  of  Col. 
Kellogg,  at  Norwalk,  and  the  other  is  depositedVith  our 
own  colors  at  the  Capital. 

After  our  division  had  forced  their  lines  at  Hatcher's 
Run,  we  joined  our  corps,  and  pressing  on  after  the  6th 
corps,  swerving  to  the  right  and  closing  in  on  the  enemy 
around  Petersburg.  Just  at  night,  our  division  was 
selected  by  Gen.  Gibbon,  to  carry  by  storm  two  large 
forts  on  the  South  of  the  city. 

We  were  soon  formed  in  column  by  brigade,  with  our 
brigade  in  front.  Company  D,  now  the  brigade  sharp 
shooters,  were  deployed  in  front.  At  the  order,  our 
three  brigades  sprang  forward  to  the  charge  at  a  right 
shoulder  shift;  the  sharp-shooters  opened  a  rapid  lire 
that  was  so  well  directed,  that  their  guns  were  used  with 
very  poor  effect.  Without  a  stop  the  first  fort  was  reach 
ed,  and  after  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  of  desperate  resis- 
tence  was  ours.  The  second  one  then  fell  with  scarce  a 
struggle. 

The  roar  of  battle  was  now  heard  along  the  whole 
line,  the  enemy  fighting  bravely  behind  their  works  ;  but 
at  the  close  of  that  Sabbath  evening  we  knew  that  the 
strength  of  the  Rebellion  was  broken. 

During  the  night  Petersburg  and  Richmond  was  evacu 
ated,  and  the  Rebel  army  in  rapid  retreat  towards  Dan 
ville.  Early  in  the  morning  we  were  in  pursuit,  taking 
the  road  towards  Burkesville,  along  the  South  Side  road. 
Gen.  Ord  being  in  command  of  our  portion  of  the 


110  I23D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

army.  We  marched  to  Burkesville,  arriving  there  at  1 1 
o'clock  Tm  the  night  of  the  5th,  being  square  on  Lee's 
flank,  who  was  to  the  north  of  us  and  on  the  road  to 
wards  Farmville.  The  army  was  completely  jaded,  hav 
ing  been  on  the  march  since  early  morning,  and  rest  was 
imperatively  demanded.  The  General,  however,  called 
for  two  picked  regiments  to  go  out  and  destroy  the 
bridges  that  cross  the  Appomattox,  near  Farmville,  and 
thus  cut  off  the  enemy's  retreat  in  that  direction,  The 
1 23d  Ohio  and  54th  Pennsylvania  were  selected,  and 
with  a  squadron  of  the  4th  Massachusetts  cavalry,  the 
whole  under  command  of  Gen.  Theodore  Read,  at  once 
started.  They  met  the  head  of  Lee's  army  near  the 
point  designated,  and  at  once  bravely  attacked  them. 

Col.  Kellogg  was  in  command  of  the  infantry,  Gen. 
Read  being  away  with  the  cavalry  on  a  reconnois- 
sance. 

Deploying  a  heavy  line  of  skirmishers,  we  stubbornly 
mantained  our  position,  though  against  a  largely  superi 
or  force.  After  having  repulsed  them  several  times, 
Gen.  Read,  knowing  we  could  not  long  withstand  their 
rapidly  increasing  force,  resolved  to  charge  with  his  little 
band  of  cavalry,  and  endeavor  to  cut  his  way  through  to 
the  main  army.  Gallantly  that  squadron  rode  to  the  as 
sault,  many  of  them  destined  never  again  to  hear  the 
buggle's  call.  The  brave  Read  was  killed,  and  eleven 
officers  of  his  staff  and  cavalry  killed  or  wounded. 

None  of  them  succeeded  in   getting  through,  nor  did 


1 2 3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.        Ill 

any  of  them  return  to  us.  Still  we  held  our  ground,  and 
as  the  Rebels  marched  out  beyond  our  flanks,  more  men 
were  deployed,  until  finally,  both  regiments  were  a  mere 
skirmish  line.  For  several  hours  this  unequal  contest 
was  waged,  till  at  last  the  boys  began  to  get  out  of  am 
munition,  and  very  soon  that  cry  became  general. 

Col.  Kellogg,  who  had  been  hoping  all  along  that  the 
army  would  come  to  his  rescue,  now  saw  there  was  no 
use  longer  to  resist,  and  ordered  the  line  to  fall  back 
slowly  and  in  as  good  order  as  possible,  thinking  that 
some  of  the  command,  at  least,  might  escape  through  the 
woods. 

But  as  soon  as  they  saw  our  line  breaking  back,  they 
swooped  down  upon  us  in  great  force,  and  in  few  moments 
both  regiments  were  prisoners.  We  lost  a  good  many 
men  in  this  engagement.  Capt.  Randolph  was  shot 
through  the  breast  by  a  cavalryman,  after  having  surren 
dered. 

This  gallant  little  fight  of  these  two  regiments  received 
honorable  mention  by  Gen.  Grant,  in  his  report  of  the 
war.  He  says  that  their  brave  and  stubborn  resistance 
at  this  point,  checked  Lee's  retreat  long  enough  to  ena 
ble  Gen.  Ord  to  get  up  with  his  main  force,  compelling 
Lee  to  intrench  himself,  thus  causing  great  delay  in  the 
enemy's  movements. 

The  regiment,  or  so  many  of  them  as  did  not  make 
their  escape  after  their  capture,  remained  prisoners  until 
Lee's  surrender  at  Appomattox  Court  House — a  period  of 


f!2  123D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

two  days — but  time  enough  for  the  Rebels  to  "go 
through  "  our  boys,  stripping  them  of  everything  valuable, 
taking  even  their  hats  and  shoes.  In  striking  contrast  to  the 
treatment  they  received  at  our  hands  after  their  sur 
render,  when  scarcely  a  Reb  was  allowed  to  start  on  his 
homeward  tramp  without  a  well-filled  haversack  and 
canteen. 

The  regiment  at  once  came  back  to  the  division,  but 
in  the  treaty  agreed  upon,  being  counted  as  paroled 
prisoners,  were  ordered  to  report  at  Parole  Camp,  Ann 
apolis  as  such. 

The  Rebel  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  had  surrendered. 
And  on  that  quiet  Sabbath  evening  as  the  lightning  flash 
ed  the  intelligence  from  city  to  hamlet,  the  church  bells 
rang  out  the  glad  tidings  over  the  free  North,  and  the 
Nation  thanked  the  God  of  battles  that  the  end  for  which 
we  had  suffered  and  struggled  so  long,  had  come.  For 
four  long  years  had  these  two  mighty  armies  met  in  con 
flict  and  contested  for  the  mastery. 

Their  dead  lie  all  along  the  valley  from  the  Potomac 
to  Lynchburg ;  they  are  sleeping  where  they  fell,  at 
Antietam  and  Gettysburg,  on  the  heights  of  Fredericks 
burgh,  and  through  the  dark  thickets  of  the  Wilderness. 
They  lie  in  the  dark  forests'  of  the  Peninsula  all  the  way 
up  to  Deep  Bottom,  and  around  Petersburg!!.  Along 
the  tangled  morass  near  Hatcher's  Run,  and  the  Weldon 
Road,  their  graves  mark  the  fierce  conflict.  Brave  Old 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  long  suffering,  gallantly  fighting, 


I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  ItfFANTRV.  tij 

your  reward  has  come;  never  again  will  the  boasted  army 
of  Northern  Virginia  meet  you  in  equal  conflict;  yours  is 
the  victory  and  "  fairly  won." 


[*9] 


14  T23D    OHIO  XOLUN'iKKR    INFANTRY. 


CtlAPrriv.  K       IX. 


FROM  HATCHER'S  RUN  TO  THE  MUSTER-OUT. 

On  the  T2th  of  April  the  regiment  left  Appomattox  for 
Burkcsville  Junction,  the  road  was  filled  with  "Johnnies" 
on  their  way  home,  and  the  greater  portion  of  them  were 
heartily  glad  that  the  war  was  over,  even  though  they 
had  to  see  the  flag  of  the  lost  cause  folded  forever. 

The  next  morning  we  left  the  Junction  on  board  a 
train  of  freight*  cars  for  City  Point,  fifty-two  miles  dis 
tant.  At  that  place  we  first  learned  of  the  assassination, 
of  President  Lincoln.  It  excited  the  most  profound 
grief  among  all  to  hear  of  his  death,  and  in  such  a  man 
ner,  just  at  the  close,  as  it  were,  of  the  Great  Rebellion. 
At  first  it  seemed  as  though  it  was  impossible  for  us  to 
realize  the  truth  of  the  report;  but  it  being  confirmed  by 
the  War  Department,  we  were  reluctantly  compelled  to 
believe  it. 

Our  men  were  all  greatly  elated  over  the  surrender  of 
Lee  and  the  probable  termination  of  the  war;  which  fact 
only  seemed  to  cause  a  greater  revulsion  of  feeling  at  the 
news  of  the  death  of  our  now  lamented  President.  If  he 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.     115 

could  have  been  permitted  to  witness  the  final  end  of  the 
great  struggle  through  which  we  were  passing,  in  which 
we  were  endeavoring  to  sustain  the  power  of  our  Repub 
lican  form  of  Government,  and  preserve  our  free  institu 
tions;  how  gratifying  it  would  have  been  to  all  con 
cerned.  But  this  was  not  to  be.  Nevertheless  he  passed 
away,  "With  malice  toward  none,  but  charity  toward 
all." 

Just  after  leaving  Burkesville  we  met  Capt.  Chamber- 
lin  returning  to  the  regiment  from  leave  of  absence,  and 
Maj.  Walker,  Paymaster,  who  was  on  his  way  to  the 
front  to  pay  the  troops  in  our  division. 

At  City  Point  the  regiment  embarked  on  a  steamer  for 
Annapolis,  arriving  there  during  the  forenoon  of  the  lyth, 
going  into  quarters  at  College  Green  Barracks,  where 
clothing  was  issued  to  the  men,  and  they  got  cleaned  up 
and  rested  ;  and  on  the  2ist,  in  pursuance  of  orders  re 
ceived  to  report  at  Camp  Chase,  we  were  loaded  on  a 
train  of  box  cars,  and  started  for  Ohio  by  the  way  of  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad.  We  moved  very  slowly, 
not  exceeding  eight  miles  an  hour,  passing  Martinsburg 
on  the  22d,  Grafton  on  the  23(1,  Bella  ire  and  Zanesville 
on  the  24th,  reaching  Columbus  at  9  o'clock  P.  M.  that 
night.  We  went  into  quarters  at  Tod  Barracks,  and 
the  next  day  we  marched  to  Camp  Chase,  where  we  re 
mained  some  time,  awaiting  the  order  for  "  muster  out." 

On  the  29th  President  Lincoln's  funeral  cortege  reach 
ed  Columbus,  on  its  way  to  Springfield,  Illinois.  One  hun- 


n(>  1231.)  OHIO    VOLUNTEER  INFANtRY, 

tired  and  fifty  men  of  our  regiment  were  detailed  as  guard 
at  the  State  House,  while  his  remains  were  lying  there  in 
state.  AH  day  long  a  constant  procession  was  filing 
through  the  State  House,  to  take  a  last  view  of  our  "de 
parted  Lincoln." 

The  officers  were  now  busy  preparing  Muster-Rolls, 
and  o.i  the  3oth  the  regiment  was  mustered. 

While  in  camp  here,  many  of  the  officers  and  men  visited 
their  homes,  all  very  anxious  for  the  day  of  our  Muster- 
out  to  arrive. 

On  the  3ist  of  May,  it  having  been  decided  that  we 
could  no  longer  be  considered  paroled  prisoners,  arms 
were  again  issued  to  the  men.  This  they  objected  to 
strongly,  fearing  that  it  was  only  a  prelude  to  an  order 
for  duty  at  some  other  point;  and  now,  that  the  war  was 
over,  the  regiment  prefered  going  home  to  playing  sol 
dier  at  some  post. 

Finally,  on  the  2<1  of  June,  a  telegram  was  recived 
from  the  War  Department,  ordering  the  123(1  to  be 
Mustered-out  as  soon  as  the  necessary  Rolls  could  be 
prepared. 

On  the  1 2th,  the  rolls  having  been  completed  and  ex 
amined  by  the  mustering  officer,  discharges  filled  out  and 
signed,  Company's  A,  1>,  C,  K,  and  (i  v/ere  mustered  out 
and  paid,  and  before  night  nearly  all  of  them  were  on 
their  way  home.  The  remainder  of  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out  on  the  following  day,  and  left  for  home  ; 
Lieutenant  H.  Latimer  Beck,  i3th  U.  S.  Infantry  was  the 


I  23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         II  7 

mustering  officer.  Thus,  in  a  few  moments,  as  it  were, 
the  ties  that  for  three  years  had  bound  us  together,  were 
sundered.  And  while  in  each  breast  the  heart  throbs 
were  beating  to  the  music  of  "Home,  Sweet  Home  ;" 
thronging  memerories  came  trooping  up  from  the  past, 
of  the  manly  forms  who  went  with  us  to  the  field  and  fell 
by  the  wayside,  of  those  who  wasted  in  hospitals,  or  in 
Rebel  Prison  Pens.  Alas!  for  them,  the  home  circle  must 
continue  to  mourn.  And  as  gathered  in  groups  about  the 
camp  to  say  the  last  good-bye  ;  manly  tears  would  rome 
for  those  who  were  of  our  number  once,  but  were  now 
borne  on  the  grand  "muster-roll"  in  that  other  camping- 
ground. 

During  our  three  years  of  sevice,  the  regiment  had 
marched  two-thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-four 
miles,  had  traveled  by  rail  one  thousand  five  hundred 
and  thirty-one  miles,  and  by  boat  one  thousand  and  seven 
teen  miles.  Making  a  grand  total  of  five  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  thirty-two  miles. 

The  regiment,  besides  participating  in  many  skir 
mishes  in  the  valley  of  minor  importance,  were  in  the 
following  general  engagements  : 

Winchester,  June  i3th,  1/j.th  and  i5th,  '63 ;  New 
Market,  May  i5th,  '64;  Piedmont,  June  5th,  '64; 
Lynchburg,  June  lyth  and  iSth,  '64;  Snicker's  Ford, 
July  iQth,  '64;  Winchester,  July  24th,  '64;  Berryville, 
September  3d,  '64;  Opequan,  September  igth,  '64; 
Fisher's  Hill,  September  22(1,  '64;  Cedar  Creek,  Oc- 


Il8  1230    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

tober    Kjth,    '64;    Petersburg   and   Hatcher's  Run,  from 

March  3oth  to  April  2<l,  65,  and  Migli  Bride  or  Farm- 
ville,  April  6th,  65,  a  record  of  which  any  regiment  may 
well  be  proud. 


I  2 3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  119 


CJ  II  ^  F»  T  TC  R      X  . 


PRISON     LIFE     FROM     THE     DIARY     OF     A     CAPTAIN    IN    THE 
1230    OHIO    VOLUNTEERS. 

After  our  surrender  on  the  morning  of  June  i5th, 
1863,  to  Col.  Walker,  commanding  the  famous  "Old 
Stonewall  Brigade,"  we  were  taken  to  where  the  morn 
ing  fight  had  taken  place,  and  were  permitted  to  lie 
down  and  rest.  After  remaining  there  a  couple  of  hours 
we  were  ma  relied  into  Winchester,  halting  there  a  few 
moments,  and  were  then  taken  over  to  the  Fort.  A 
couple  of  tents  were  then  put  up  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  commissioned  officers,  but  which  failed  to  prevent 
the  wind  from  annoying  us  very  much  by  blowing  sand 
in  from  all  directions.  Wearied  and  worn  out,  and  hav 
ing  eaten  nothing  during  the  day,  we  were  compelled  to 
lie  down  at  night  without  even  a  "hard-tack"  to  re 
fresh  us.  Next  morning,  about  9  o'clock,  a  few  pounds 
of  meat  was  distributed  among  us,  shortly  after  which 
the  officers  were  separated  from  the  enlisted  men  and 
marched  over  to  the  Court  House.  Late  in  the  evening 
we  received  some  bread  and  meat,  but  previously,  Capt. 


120  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Chamberlin  hid  received  abas'^ctof  provisions  kindly  tend 
ered  by  some  good  Union  loving  Quaker  ladies  of  the 
city,  which  he  distributed  among  our  officers,  and  for 
which  they  will  ever  hold  those  ladies  in  grateful  re 
membrance.  The  officers  remained  there  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M,,  of  the  following  clay,  when  they  were  drawn  up 
in  line,  the  roll  called,  and  after  being  supplied  with 
blankets,  our  p.irty,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  eight 
commissioned  officers,  started  on  our  march  to  Rich 
mond,  under  charge  of  Capt.  Wingfield,  581)1  Va.  (Con 
federate),  and  his  company.  That  evening  we  marched 
eleven  miles,  and  laid  down  on  the  ground  for  the  night 
about  10  o'clock.  Thursday  we  marched  twelve  miles, 
lying  by  for  three  or  four  hours  in  the  middle  day,  when' 
flour  and  meat  were  issued  to  us,  and  we  set  to  work  bak 
ing  up  our  flour  into  cakes.  The  men  overtook  us  here, 
but  we  were  not  allowed  to  communicate  with  them. 
It  rained  heavily  in  the  afternoon,  completely  drenching 
us  through,  and  at  night  we  were  obliged  to  take  up  our 
quarters  in  an  old  log  stable,  which  was  more  thoroughly 
invested  by  fleas  than  was  particularly  pleasant  or  con 
venient  to  us.  Wet  as  we  were,  we  laid  down  and  at 
tempted  to  gain  a  few  hours  repose,  but  alas,  no 
chance  for  that  desired  boon.  All  night  long  the  in 
habitants  of  the  stable  could  be  heard  visiting  their  mal 
edictions  on  the  fleas.  The  next  day  we  marched  nine 
teen  miles  to  Mt.  Jackson,  and  took  up  our  quarters  for 
the  night  in  the  Rebel  hospital  buildings.  On  Saturday 


1230    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  121 

we  marched  sixteen  miles  to  Lincoln  Springs,  where  we 
had  a  pleasant  place  to  camp  for  the  night.  On  Sunday 
we  marched  twenty-one  miles.  Col.  Wilson,  Adjt. 
Blair,  ("apt.  Rings,  Capt.  Chamberlin  and  Lieut.  Pum- 
phrey,  about  noon  hired  a  man,  with  a  one  horse  wagon, 
to  haul  them  to  Staunton,  a  distance  of  twenty-three 
miles,  for  which  privilege  each  of  them  paid  five  dollars 
in  Confederate  money.  And,  if  the  man  could  have 
carried  them,  he  would  have  had  more  passengers  at  the 
same  price. 

On  Monday  noon  we  reached  Staunton  and  remained 
there  two  hours,  and  then  took  the  cars  for  Richmond, 
a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-six  miles,  which  we 
passed  over  during  the  night,  arriving  at  our  destination 
about  six  o'clock  A.  M.,  June  23d.  We  were  immedi 
ately  marched  to  the  Libby  Prison,  where  we  were 
searched,  and  our  rubber  coats,  blankets,  etc.  taken  from 
us.  The  most  of  us  managed  to  secrete  our  money,  so 
that  it  was  not  discovered.  They  gave  receipts  for  the 

* 

money  they  did  get,  which  assured  us  that  it  would  be 
returned  to  us  when  released.  The  officials  informed  us 
we  could  draw  it  as  we  needed  it ;  which,  afterwards, 
proved  to  be  anything  but  true  They  even  went  so  far 
as  to  take  a  few  sheets  of  paper  and  envelopes  from  one 
of  our  officers. 

We  were  then  taken  up  stairs,  and  introduced  to 
our  new  quarters.  The  ''Hotel  de  Libby,"  as  it  was  after 
wards  facetiously  called,  is  a  large  brick  building,  one 


122  I23D    OHIO    VOLENTEER    INFRNTRY. 

hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length  by  one  hundred  and  five 
feet  in  depth.  It  fronted  on  Gary  and  extended  back  to 
Canal  street,  immediately  in  the  rear  of  which  was  the 
canal  and  James  river.  This  building  was,  previous  to 
the  war,  occupied  by  Libby  &  Son,  who  carried  on  in  it 
their  business  as  ship-chandlers  and  grocers.  Internally, 
it  much  resembled  an  Ohio  grain  ware-house,  being 
three  stories  high,  with  a  basement  story  underneath, 
and  divided  into  three  tiers  of  rooms.  The  lower  room 
of  the  first  tier  was  occupied  by  the  various  officers  en 
gaged  in  the  control  of  the  Prison.  The  two  upper 
rooms  were,  at  the  time  of  our  arrival,  used  for  the 
confinement  of  prisoners,  and  we  found  there  Col. 
Streight's  command  and  a  few  others,  amounting  to  thir 
teen  hundred  and  sixty  officers.  Of  the  middle  tier,  one 
room  was  occupied  by  citizen  prisoners  and  deserters 
from  the  Union  army.  The  third  tier  was  used  as  a 
hospital  for  Union  officers.  The  basement  contained  a 
couple  of  cells,  for  the  close  confinement  of  prisoners ; 
the  remainder  of  it  was  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  slaves 
employed  about  the  premises.  The  attaches  of  the  Prison 
were  as  follows:  Capt.  Turner,,  commandant;  Lieut. 
Latonche,  his  assistant,  and,  by-the-way,  the  most  oblig 
ing  official  we  had  anything  to  do  with — Inspector  Tur 
ner  being  one  of  the  most  tyranical  beings  that  ever  lived, 
and  had  been  a  horse-jockey  in  one  of  the  Northern 
cities  previous  to  the  war ;  Ross,  who  attended  to  the 
roll,  and  was  a  deserter  from  the  North  ;  George,  (a  ser- 


1230    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  123 

geant)  under  lackey,  whose  duty  it  was  to  communicate 
orders  to  the  prisoners  ;  and  Charley,  a  mulatto,  who 
superintended  the  gang  of  darkeys  in  their  labors.  When 
we  entered  Libby,  the  upper  one  of  the  two  rooms  in 
which  we  were  placed  contained  bunks,  sufficient  for 
those  who  were  then  in  the  Prison,  while  they  used  the 
lower  one  for  cooking  and  eating  purposes. 

We  were  obliged  to  take  up  our  residence  in  the  lower 
room  and  sleep  on  the  floor  at  nights  and  use  it  to  sit  on 
in  the  day  time,  as  we  had  no  other  seats  furnished  ex 
cept  stationary  benches,  at  the  tables. 

Shortly  after  taking  up  our  lodgings  there,  we  applied 
for  some  of  our  money,  but  we  met  with  the  reply  that 
none  of  "the  officers  of  Milroy's  command  could  have  a 
d — d  cent."  Nor  did  we  get  any  from  them  until  the 
ist  of  October.  We  were  also  informed  that  we  would 
not  be  allowed  to  purchase  anything  outside — as 
Straight's  command  was  then  permitted  to  do — so  we 
had  to  smuggle  our  purchases  through  them  for  some 
time,  until  their  orders  were  tacitly  countermanded. — 
During  the  first  four  weeks,  while  subsisting  on  the  ra 
tions  furnished,  we  were  often  glad  to  pick  up  crumbs 
from  the  table  to  satisfy  our  hunger. 

In  speaking  of  the  attaches  of  the  prison,  Gen.  John 
son,  a  gentleman  of  color,  should  be  mentioned,  al 
though  he  was  a  prisoner,  as  well  as  ourselves.  His  duty 
consisted  in  supplying  us  with  smoke,  which  he  did 
every  morning,  carrying  a  skillet  of  burning  tar  through  the 


124  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

rooms,  crying  "Here's  your  nice  smoke,  without  money 
or  price."  He  also  collected  the  soiled  clothes  once  a 
week,  which  he  was  permitted  to  take  out  to  be  washed, 
returning  them  Sunday  mornings,  at  the  small  charge  of 
three  pieces  for  one  dollar.  He  also,  for  some  time,  mo 
nopolized  the  shaving  and  hair  cutting,  which  operations 
he  performed  at  the  moderate  price  of  twenty-five  cents 
for  the  former  and  seventy-five  cents  for  the  latter ;  but 
he  was  finally  superseded  by  an  enterprising  German 
Lieutenant,  which  compelled  him  to  abandon  this  calling 
and  take  to  that  of  "boot-black."  The  old  fellow  was  a 
regular  fixture  there,  having  been  in  the  Prison  about  two 
years.  He  was  an  old  soldier  also,  having  accompanied 
a  Pennsylvania  regiment  through  the  Mexican  war. 
Every  morning  at  nine  o'clock  A.  M.  "George"  made 
his  appearance,  and,  with  his  peculiar  intonation  of  voice, 
would  cry  out :  "Fall  in,  sick,  and  go  down;"  when 
those  who  wished  to  be  prescribed  for  would  huddle  to- 
together  and  go  down  on  the  first  floor,  where  they  were 
examined  by  the  surgeon — who  was  spoken  of  as  a  kind 
and  attentive  physician — -and,  after  making  a  minute  of 
their  cases,  would  send  them  back  to  their  rooms,  ex 
cepting  those  whom  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  send  to 
the  hospital.  In  the  course  of  two  or  three  hours,  the 
medicine  would  be  brought  up  and  distributed  to  the 
sick. 

Our  enlisted  men,  prisoners  of  war  who  were  so  unfor 
tunate  as  to   become  sick,  suffered  outrageously.     They 


123D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  125 

were  often  allowed  to  lie  in  their  tents  on  Belle  Isle,  on 
the  wet  ground,  until  the  last  moment,  when  they  would 
be  brought  over  to  the  hospital  to  breath  their  last. 

If  a  description  of  the  truth  would  be  fit  for  publica 
tion,  some  few  particular  cases  could  be  cited  that  would 
make  any  one  shudder  to  think  that  there  were,  in  this 
day  and  age  of  the  world,  men  who  were  so  lost  to  all 
feeling  of  humanity  as  to  permit  men,  although  their  ene 
mies,  to  languish  and  die  through  sufferings  such  as  no 
pen  should  be  called  upon  to  describe. 

Once  a  squad  of  Yankees  (prisoners)  were  leaving  the 
Libby  building  with  a  supply  of  the  "so-called"  rations 
for  the  prisoners.  It  consisted  of  weak  soup — better  say 
soiled  water — in  old,  dirty  pails,  and  about  six  ounces  of 
poor  bread  per  man.  We  threw  a  few  apples  to  them  from 
the  windows,  which  they  received  gladly  and  began  to 
eat  as  if  they  were  nearly  starved. 

The  "Libby  Burlesque  Troupe,"  as  they  announced 
in  their  programme  Saturday  morning,  October  iyth, 
1863,  appeared  for  the  last  time  that  evening,  owing  to 
their  having  an  engagement  in  Washington,  for  which 
purpose  they  expected  to  leave  on  the  next  "  Flag  of 
Truce  Boat."  They  exhibited  to  a  crowd  of  Yankees 
with  one  or  two  Rebels  included.  The  performances 
were  very  good,  considering  the  impromptu  manner  in 
which  they  were  gotten  up.  They  consisted  of  songs, 
dances  and  the  reading  of  the  "  Libby  Ironical,"  which 


126  T23D    OttlO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY* 

was  a  burlesque  on  the  "  Libby  Chronicle,"  the  weekly 
issue  of  which  had  been  read  the  forenoon  previous. 

During  the  hot  weather  of  July  and  August,  the  variety 
displayed  in  the  costume  of  the  inmates  of  the  Prison, 
was  decidedly  laughable.  Here  you  would  see  a  man 
with  nothing  but  drawers  and  shirt  on,  there  one  with 
drawers  minus  the  shirt,  while  close  by  was  another 
with  the  shirt  minus  the  drawers,  and  then  another  one 
with  nothing  on  but  a  linen  coat  (Raglan  style),  his 
clothes  being  out  washing,  no  doubt.  This  style  of  dress 
was  very  comfortable  during  that  kind  of  weather,  but 
when  the  cold  days  of  October  came,  it  was  rather  un 
pleasant  to  be  compelled  to  go  around  without  socks  or 
drawers  and  only  one  shirt,  which  valuable  article  we 
were  obliged  to  dispense  with  occasionally  for  the  purpose 
of  having  them  washed.  We  had  blankets  enough  during 
the  warm  weather,  but  when  the  cold  nights  set  in,  it  was 
discovered  that  while  some  had  an  abundant  supply, 
others  had  only  one,  and  many  had  none  at  all.  Re- 
peate'1  complaints  having  been  made  to  the  Rebel  offi 
cials,  Inspector  Turner  made  his  appearance  one  Sunday 
morning  and  proceeded  to  make  a  division  of  the  house, 
putting  prisoners  in  one  room  and  blankets  in  the  other. 
He  then  gave  to  each  man  as  he  passed  back  into  the 
room,  two  old  blankets  (U.  8.),  but  the  supply  not  being 
sufficient  to  go  around,  the  remainder  of  the  men  had  to 
go  without,  and  on  application  to  the  authorities  we  were 
informed  that  they  had  no  more,  and  consequently  could 


I23D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  127 

give  us  no  more.  The  bedding  and  clothing  furnished 
to  our  sick  in  the  hospital  was  supplied  by  the  Untted 
States  Sanitary  Commission. 

The  principal  topic  of  conversation  and  excitement  in 
Libby  was  the  "  Exchange  Question."  When  we  first 
made  our  advent  in  that  highly  popular  institution,  it  was 
certainly  thought  that  we  would  not  possibly  remain 
longer  than  ten  days  or  two  weeks.  But  at  the  end  of  that 
time  we  were  still  there,  the  Commissioners  not  having 
met  ;  "  but  just  as  soon  as  they  do  meet  we  will  be  ex 
changed  sure,  and  go  home  by  the  first  'Truce  boat." 
In  this  manner  we  consoled  ourselves  in  our  misfortune. 
Well,  the  Commissioners  met,  but  did  not  agree.  And 
the  Rebel  authorities  then  published  a  statement,  that  they 
had  made  a  proposition  to  our  Government,  which  was 
so  plausible  on  its  face  that  we  thought  it  would  be  im 
mediately  accepted,  as  a  matter  ot  course,  but  something 
intervened  to  prevent  the  exchange.  And  so  it  went  on, 
first  one  rumor  and  then"  another;  first  would  come  the 
report  that  the  surgeons  and  chaplains  were  going  to 
leave  on  the  next  boat,  and  the  officers  were  to  follow 
immediately ;  this  statement  would  be  directly  suc 
ceeded  by  the  report  that  the  Commissioners  had  disa 
greed  and  there  would  be  no  more  exchanges  during  the 
war.  The  next  report  would  come  from  the  hospital,  to 
the  effect  that  a  clerk  in  the  War  Department  had  just 
been  to  see  a  friend  there  and  told  him  that  a  boat  was 
up,  and  that  the  chaplains  and  some  of  the  officers  would 


128  1 2 3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 

be  exchanged.  And  so  on  without  end,  each  day  bring 
ing  some  new  sensation  relative  to  the  exchange  question, 
and  each  one  without  foundation.  Upon  the  arrival  of 
any  of  these  statements  it  would  be  followed  by  the 
vociferous  cries  of  "get  ready,"  "pack  up,"  "pack 
up,"  from  all  parts  of  the  house,  while  the  inmates  would 
soon  gather  in  crowds  to  discuss  the  correctness  of  the 
report.  One  would  be  certain  of  its  truth,  for  it  came 
from  a  reliable  gentleman  ;  the  next  would  be  a  little 
doubtful,  while  the  third  one  declared  he  would  hardly 
believe  we  were  exchanged  even  if  Capt.  Turner  should 
come  up  himself  and  announce  the  fact. 

Lieut.  Flick,  for  an  attempt  to  bribe  the  guard  and  es 
cape,  was  taken  out  and  confined  in  the  cell  for  some 
three  weeks,  then  released  and  sent  back  among  the 
officers. 

When  we  first  entered  Libby  we  could  exchange  our 
greenbacks  for  Confederate  trash  at  the  rate  of  two  dol 
lars  of  the  latter  for  one  of  the  former.  In  a  short  time 
they  l>egan  to  increase  in  value,  until  we  were  able  to  get 
seven  and  a  half  Confederate  for  one  of  Federal,  at  which 
rate  it  ranged  for  a  long  time.  At  first  the  exchange  of 
money  was  conducted  through  the  sentinel  stationed  on 
guard  at  the  stairway,  but  two  or  three  having  been  ar 
rested  for  so  doing,  put  a  stop  to  that  manner  of  trans 
acting  business  and  another,  but  less  dangerous,  plan  was 
adopted.  One  hundred  dollars  in  greenbacks  would  be 
be  raised  and  sent  out  by  one  of  the  negro  boys  belong- 


;n   i  m «  i    \nl  .«'N  I  |..I-;R    INI-ANTj<V,  i  .?<; 

ing'  to  the  establishment,  uix>  Would  exchange  »t  with 
some  citizen,  and  bring  us  back  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
dollar.;  in  Confederate  rags,  which  was  the  only  kind  of 
currency  we  could  use  in  the  purchase  of  provisions. 
The  following  is  the  list  of  officers  from  our  regiment 
who  were  captured  at  Winchester  and  confined  inXibby  : 
Col.  W.  T.  Wilson,  Lt.  Col.  II.  B.  Hunter,  Adjt.  Blair, 
Capts.  Riggs,  Caldwell,  Robbins,  Rosenbaum,  Randolph, 
Bender  and  Chamberlin  ;  Lieuts.  Davis,  Smith,  Beving- 
ton,  Schuyler,  Pumphrey,  Breckenridge,  Sowers,  Colver, 
Williams,  Acker  and  Boyce,  making  twenty-one  in  all. 
The  enlisted  men  were  taken  to  Belle  isle,  confined 
there  about  three  weeks,  when  they  were  paroled  and 
sent  North. 

On  October  yth,  the  chaplains  were  aroused  early  in 
the  morning,  marched  to  the  boat,  and  then  taken  down 
the  James  liver  to  City  Point,  where  the)  met  the  Flag 
of  Truce  boat,  and  went  North.  They  were  all  very 
much  elated,  except  Chaplain  McCabe,  of  the  i  22d  Ohio, 
who,  on  account  of  poor  health,  was  obliged  to  wait  for 
the  next  boat. 

On  the  i  i  tli  a  meeting  of  the  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
officers  was  held  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  necessary 
arrangements  preparatory  to  holding  our  election.  On 
the  1 3th  election  was  held.  At  the  Pennsylvania  polls 
Curt  in  received  a  large  majority.  Ai.d  at  the  Ohio  polls 
one  hundred  and  sixty-three  votes  were  cast — one  hun- 

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dred   and   sixty-two   for   Broiigh   ami   one   for   jewett. 
Three  Ohio  officers  refused  to  vote. 

On  the  1 6th  we  were  notified  by  the  Rebel  authorities 
that  they  would  only  furnish  us  twenty-five  dollars — Con 
federate — per  month  out  of  our  money  in  their  posses 
sion.  This  amount  would  not  have  furnished  potatoes 
for  one  week,  at  the  rate  we  were  paying  for  them,  but 
as  we  were  under  Rebel  authority,  we  of  course,  had  to 
submit. 

Furnished  with  only  a  limited  supply  of  Government 
rations,  money  taken  from  us,  and  only  allowed  in  such 
small  sums  that  it  really  amounted  to  nothing,  caused  us 
to  think  that  perhaps  they  meant  to  starve  us.  Rich 
mond  daily  papers  were  constantly  complaining  about 
their  government  feeding  so  many  Yankees  there;  and  one 
paper  advised  the  authorities  to  confiscate  the  boxes  of 
clothing  and  provisions  that  were  sent  us  by  our  friends 
in  the  North. 

On  the  i  Qth  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Magill  (Roman 
Catholic)  preached  to  the  officers  in  Libby.  On  the  2oth 
quite  a  large  number  of  boxes,  for  officers,  from  their 
friends  in  the  North,  arrived  and  were  distributed.  A 
few  greenbacks  were  ingeniously  concealed  in  some  of 
the  boxes  and,  fortunately,  escaped  the  search  of  the 
examing  officers.  Notices  were  posted,  informing  us 
that  there  would  be,  hereafter,  roll-call  twice  a  day — at 
7:30  A.  M.  and  5:00  P.  M. — and  that  five  minutes  would 
be  allowed  each  time  to  "fall  in;"  officers  not  in  line 


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then  "would  be  punished  accordingly.'1  Also,  that  if 
"spitting  on  the  floor"  and  "throwing  apple  cores  in  the 
spit -boxes"  were  not  stopped,  the  purchase  of  tobacco 
and  apples  would  be  prohibited.  We  received  letters 
from  the  regiment  on  the  2ist,  being  the  first  since  we 
were  captured. 

The  Rebels  had  some  sugar  in  hogsheads,  stored  in 
the  ware -house,  nearly  opposite  the  Libby,  where  some 
of  our  enlisted  men  were  confined.  The  men  were  in 
the  second  story,  the  sugar  in  the  first.  On  the  24th  it 
was  discovered  that  the  sugar  had  been  too  tempting  for 
the  boys,  and  that  they  had  appropriated  some  seven  or 
eight  hogsheads  to  their  own  use,  amounting  to  some 
twenty  thousand  dollars  of  their  money.  As  a  matter  of 
course,  the  remainder  was  immediately  moved  out  of  the 
reach  of  the  half-starved  Yankees. 

On  the  251)1  a  letter  was  found,  purporting  to  be  from 
a  Michigan  surgeon  to  Capt.  Turner,  asking  fora  blanket, 
in  which  he  stated  that,  under  other  circumstances,  he 
would  rather  be  a  friend  to  the  South  than  an  enemy. 
A  drum-head  court-martial  was  immediately  convened, 
the  culprit  brought  forward,  and  confronted  with  the  let 
ter.  It  appeared,  on  examination,  that  he  was  guilty  of 
writing  the  letter,  but  that  he  was  a  loyal  man  and,  suf 
fering  very  much  for  the  want  of  a  blanket,  had  taken 
this  method  to  procure  one.  He  was  permitted  to  go 
unmolested,  as  he  had  not  succeeded  in  his  attempt  to 
deceive  our  humane  captors. 


R    JM 


M:ij.  rfiistdiij  \Vlio  had  beftfn  in  ihef  hospital  for  some 
time,  and  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  was  employed  by  the 
Kebel  surgeon  to  repair  his  uniform  for  him,  which  he 
did,  but,  when  completed,  instead  of  giving  it  to  the  sur 
geon,  donned  the  uniform  himself  and,  about  dusk,  he 
quietly  walked  out,  passing  himself  off  as  the  surgeon. 
He  succeeded  in  passing  the  guards  without  any  diffi 
culty. 

This  escape  so  alarmed  the  Rebels  that  they  took  pos 
session  of  the  lower  east  room,  again  locating  the  officers' 
hospital  in  that  room,  nailed  up  the  door  between  that 
and  the  upper  rooms,  giving  us  the  possession  of  the 
lower,  middle  room,  after  taking  the  precaution  to  nail 
up  the  windows  and  double  the  guard  on  the  outside  of 
the  building.  For  nearly  forty-eight  hours  after  the  sick 
and  wounded  officers  were  brought  to  the  building,  the 
Rebels  neither  furnished  them  with  rations  nor  blankets, 
but  after  dark,  communication  was  opened  with  them, 
ami  they  were  furnished  with  blankets  by  us  and  a  por 
tion  of  our  eatables. 

About  midnight  of  the  25th  a  gun  was  fired  by  one  of 
the  guards,  at  which  signal  —  premeditated  no  doubt,  as 
no  one  was  attempting  to  escape  —  there  immediately 
assembled  in  front  of  the  prison  two  companies  of  infan 
try  and  a  small  crowd  of  men  with  a  howitzer.  This  was 
done  very  promptly,  no  doubt  with  the  intention  of  in 
timidating  us  Yankees  inside. 

On  the  26th  we  were  put   on  bread  and   water.     The 


1 2 3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  133 

reason  assigned  for  this  was  the  breaking  open  of  the 
door  into  the  hospital,  but,  most  probably,  the  reason 
was  the  want  of  meat  to  furnish  us  with. 

During  the  last  of  this  month  the  weather  was  very 
severe,  our  officers  suffering  much  from  the  cold.  We 
were  allowed  little  or  no  fire,  and  the  windows  having  no 
glass  in  them,  the  zephyrs  had  free  access.  Many  of  us 
had  no  underclothing,  a  number  with  only  one  blanket, 
and  some  without  any.  One  morning  the  man  "George," 
without  any  provocation,  drew  a  revolver  on  one  of  the 
officers,  when  Lieut.  Reed,  3rd  Ohio,  a  wounded  officer, 
told  him  he  must  not  attempt  that  here.  For  this  of 
fence  (?)  Reed  was  taken  down  to  the  cell  and  kept 
there  three  days,  the  first  night  without  any  blanket 
whatever. 

On  the  2yth  of  October  some  forty  boxes  and  bales, 
from  the  Sanitary  and  Christian  Commissions,  were  re 
ceived  at  Libby ;  also,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pri 
vate  boxes,  for  officers.  The  boxes  from  the  Sanitary 
Commission  were  consigned  to  Gen.  Dow,  consisting  of 
shirts,  drawers,  socks,  handkerchiefs,  and  blankets. 
Those  from  the  Christian  Commission  were  consigned  to 
Lieut.  Randolph,  5th  U.  S.  Artillery,  the  contents  con 
sisting  of  underclothing,  reading  matter,  hams  and 
liquors,  the  latter,  no  doubt,  for  hospital  purposes.  The 
articles  were,  probably,  as  well  distributed  as  could  be 
expected  under  the  circumstances,  excepting  the  hams 
and  liquors,  which  were  monopolized  by  a  very  few. 


134  I23D    OHI°    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

On  the  3oth  of  October  we  learned  that  nine  men,  be 
longing  to  our  regiment,  were  still  on  Belle  Isle,  some  of 
them  wounded  and  all  suffering  very  much. 

On  November  2d,  some  of  the  officers  received  money 
from  the  Rebel  authorities  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  Con 
federate  for  one  of  greenbacks.  A  large  number  of  pri 
vate  boxes  also  arrived  and  the  next  day  were  distributed  ; 
six  for  the  officers  of  the  regiment,  one  of  them  from 
the  sutler'.  So  many  boxes  were  arriving  at  this  time  that 
they  were  examined  very  briefly ;  the  principal  object  of 
the  search  being  to  ascertain  whether  there  was  any 
liquor  concealed  in  them.  Both  money  and  lengthy  let 
ters  were  frequently  so  ingeniously  concealed  as  to  elude 
even  a  close  scrutiny.  They  were  usually  secreted  in 
cans  of  fruit  or  butter,  and  occasionally  a  can  of  whisky 
would  pass  labelled  ''peaches." 

On  the  5th  Gen.  Dow  went  over  to  "  Belle  Isle  "  and 
issued  to  our  men,  confined  there,  the  clothing  consigned 
to  his  care  by  our  Government.  He  reported  their  con 
dition  to  be  very  destitute  indeed,  many  being  compelled 
to  sleep  on  the  bare  ground  without  any  shelter  over 
them.  This  sort  of  treatment,  in  the  dead  of  winter  and 
on  a  sandy  island  in  the  James  river,  was  simply  barba 
rous. 

On  the  yth  a  class  in  sword  exercise  was  organized, 
and  for  a  few  days  nothing  but  the  resounding  clash  of 
sticks,  and  the  various  commands  were  heard.  But  the 
novelty  of  the  thing  soon  wore  away,  and  this,  like  every 


I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  135 

amusement  gotten  up  to  while  awa'y  our  lonesome  hours, 
was  soon  dropped. 

Large  numbers  of  boxes  arrived  daily,  their  contents 
being  distributed  to  the  boys  on  "Belle  Isle,"  by  Union 
officers  designated  for  that  purpose. 

Gen.  Dow  occasionally  entertained  us  with  a  lecture  on 
— his  favorite  topic — Temperance.  Corn  bread  was  our 
regular  rations;  the  Rebel  authorities  said  they  had  noth 
ing  else  to  give  us. 

November  8th  the  Rev.  Dr.  McCabe,  of  the  city, 
preached  to  us  in  the  afternoon,  and  the  minstrels  per 
formed  in  the  evening.  A  gun  was  fired  by  one  of  the 
guards  during  the  night,  the  alarm  given  and  the  whole 
guard  turned  out  to  repel  the  expected  outbreak,  which, 
after  all,  was  only  a  false  alarm. 

On  the  1 2th  the  daily  papers  stated  that  the  surgeons 
had  been  exchanged,  whereupon  everybody  went  to 
work  writing  long  letters  to  be  secreted  on  the  persons  of 
the  fortunate  doctors,  and  in  that  way  get  them  smug 
gled  through  the  "blockade." 

On  the  1 3th  several  hundred  enlisted  men  were  sent  to 
Danville,  the  Rebels  beginning  to  fear  that  there  were 
oo  many  Yankees  in  and  about  the  city  of  Richmond. 
It  did  not  make  much  difference  to  the  boys,  as  they 
could  hardly  be  treated  any  worse  than  they  had  been. 

On  the  1 4th  we  had  some  beef  issued  to  us  for  the  first 
time  in  many  days.  Corn  bread  was  our  staple,  and  such 
stuff  it  was ;  it  looked  as  though  the  meal  of  which  it  was 


136  1 2 3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

composed  had  been  made  by  grinding  the  corn  and  the 
cob  together,  thus  utilizing  the  whole  ear.  The  com 
pound  was  baked  in  large  sheets  about  three  feet  square 
and  from  three-fourths  of  an  inch  to  three  inches  in 
thickness,  and  about  the  solidity  of  lead.  No  one  ever 
attempted  to  dispute  the  fact  that  we  received  our  full 
rations  of  "  bread  by  weight  "  during  those  days. 

About  this  time  the  most  exciting  topic  of  conversa 
tion  was  relative  to  allowing  Rebel  ministers  of  the  Gos 
pel  to  preach  to  us  in  Libby.  It  was  decided,  however, 
to  allow  them  to  do  so. 

On  the  morning  of  the  24th  the  surgeons  were  notified 
to  be  ready  to  leave  in  a  few  moments,  as  the  Confeder 
ate  soldiers  had  arrived;  they  were  also  ordered  to  dis 
gorge  the  letters  they  had  concealed  about  their  persons ; 
only  a  few  of  them,  however,  did  so.  We  afterwards 
learned  that  they  were  searched  down  stairs,  but  with 
what  result  we  did  not  learn. 

Letters  were  concealed  about  their  persons  in  a  variety 
of  places  ;  in  the  lining  of  hats,  coats,  pants  and  boots, 
under  shoulder  straps,  bandaged  around  sore  legs,  twisted 
up  in  small  wads,  and  carried  loosely  in  the  pockets,  con 
cealed  in  plugs  of  tobacco,  loaves  of  bread,  etc. 

Maj.  White,  6yth  Pennsylvania,  hired  a  surgeon  to  let 
him  go  in  his  place,  which  he  did.  It  being  afterwards 
discovered — some  Federal  officer  having  divulged  the 
fact — notice  of  it  was  telegraphed  to  City  Point.  The 
Major  was  stopped,  and  we  were  notified  that  unless  we 


1 2 3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         137 

designated  the  surgeon  left  behind,  our  rations  would  be 
stopped.  Some  craven-hearted  coward  pointed  him  out. 
The  next  day  Major  White  was  brought  back,  but  was 
not  punished. 

And  such  was  life  in  Libby.  It  was  not  safe  to  trust 
any-one,  save  your  most  intimate  friends  and  acquaintan 
ces.  Volumes  might  be  written  of  the  brave  things 
that  were  done  in  that  terrible  place,  and  then,  again,  of 
mean  and  cowardly  things,  done  by  men,  whom  at  home 
were  brave  men  and  gentlemen.  The  only  wonder  is 
that  every  spark  of  manhood  was  not  utterly  crushed  out 
of  those  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  confined  within  its  walls. 
Modern  warfare  presents  no  parallel  in  the  treatment  of 
prisoners,  as  devised  and  perpetrated  by  the,  chivalric 
gentlemen  who  managed  the  affairs  of  the  so-called  "Con 
federacy." 

But  enough  has  been  told  to  convey  some  idea  of  our 
condition  while  prisoners — the  many  hopes  deferred  ! 
the  long,  weary  waiting,  that  made  the  heart  sick  nigh 
unto  death. 

It  is  needless  to  follow  our  officers  ^and  men  to  other 
prisons,  where  many  of  them  were  sent,  when  our  forces 
got  in  close  proximity  to  Richmond.  It  would  be  the 
same  old  story,  in  some  cases,  perhaps,  a  little  more  re 
volting,  but  in  the  main,  one  Rebel  prison  was  a  sample 
of  all  the  rest. 

One  thing  more  that  should  be  mentioned  in  connec 
tion  with  our  life  in  Libby:  On  the  6th  of  July,  1863, 


138         123!)  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

all  the  Federal  captains,  then  in  Prison,  were  ordered  to 
fall  in — there  were  seventy-two  in  number.  They  were 
then  taken  down  stairs,  into  a  large,  vacant  room  in  the 
same  building  and  formed  in  a  hollow  square,  whenCapt. 
Turner  read  an  order  from  Gen.  Winder,  directing  him 
to  select,  at  onre  by  lot,  from  among  the  Federal  captains 
in  his  custody,  two  for  immediate  execution  !  Each  cap 
tains  name  was  then  called,  and,  when  answered,  a  slip 
of  paper,  containing  his  name  and  regiment,  was  placed 
in  a  box.  We  were  then  given  permission  to  select  one 
of  our  chaplains,  if  we  desired,  to  draw  out  two  names. 
We  selected  Father  Gray,  who,  after  offering  up  a  prayer, 
with  a  trembling  hand  and  tears  standing  in  his  eyes, 
drew  out  two  slips  and  handed  them  to  Captain  Turner. 
That  moment  was  one  of  anxious  suspense  to  those 
seventy  two  men  who  were  awaiting  the  result,  ('apt. 
H.  W.  Sawyer,  ist  N.  J.  Cavalry,  and  Capt.  Flinn,  5ist 
Indiana,  were  the  unfortunate  men.  We  all  thought,  at 
that  time,  that  they  would  surely  be  executed.  They 
were  confined  in  the  dungeon  a  few  days,  and,  our  Gov 
ernment  taking  prompt  action  in  the  matter,  by  holding 
Gen.  Lee  and  Capt.  Winder  as  hostages  for  our  men,  the 
rebels  soon  relaxed  their  rigor,  and  permitted  them  to 
come  back  with  the  other  prisoners. 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.         139 


A.  p  T  K  R  xi. 


MUSTER-OUT   ROLLS, 


In  making  up  these  rolls  great  care  has  been  exercised 
in  endeavoring  to  have  each  name  spelled  correctly;  that 
such  a  result  has  been  attained  is  not  to  be  expected. 
Proper  names  are  abitrary  at  best,  and  when  the  copy 
from  which  they  are  taken,  passes  through  two  or  three 
hands,  errors  are  very  likely  to  occur.  The  following 
are  copies  of  the  original  Muster  Out  Rolls  of  each  com 
pany: 


COMPANY    A. 

CAPTAIN, 

J.  W.  CHAMBERLIN. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

None. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

JAMES  B.  PUMPHREY. 


SERGEANTS, 

Jacob  P.  Bear,  Henry  8.  Kaley, 

Jacob  Ginger,  Francis  M.  Anderson. 


140 


1 2 3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


Daniel  W.  Nichols, 
John  H.  Ellis, 
David  P.  Demarest, 
Fernando  Eyestone, 


CORPORALS, 

Nathaniel  L.  Robinson, 
Levi  Rickenbach, 
David  Baker, 
Lafayette  M.  Zeigler. 


MUSICIAN, 

Rufus   W.  Lundy. 


TEAMSTER. 

Abel  S.  Thompson. 


BOWER,  JARVIS  \V. 
COLE,  STEPHAN  C. 
CRITES,  WILLIAM  H. 
DAVIS,  JOHN 
DAVIS,  GEORGE  \V. 
DRUM,  CHARLES  15. 
EMPTAGE,  ELIJAH  G. 
EWART,  ROBERT  L. 
FROST,  ELI 
HANER,  JAMES  G. 
HECKATHORN,  SIMEON  C. 
HOYSINGTON,  GEORGE  P. 
INMAN,  WELCOM 
KING,  HENRY  P. 
LONG,  HIRAM 
MINCER,  DAVID 
PARSONS,  SIDNEY  N. 
SMITH,  GEORGE  B. 
TEAL,- JACOB 
WALTER,  WILLIAM 


PRIVATES, 

CRAIGTUN,  REES  J. 
CORWIN,  ABIJAH 
CROSS,  BASIL  N. 
DAVIS,  ALEXANDER 
DEBAUCH,  ADAM 
DORNE,  SAMUEL 
ELLIS,  WILLIAM  M. 
FROST,  ALBERT 
( iiBsoN.  DAVID 
HARRIS,  FRANCIS  M. 
HECKATHORN,  JOHN  O. 
HUNTER,  ALBERT 
KEMP,  ISAAC  B. 
KING,  CHARLES  M. 
MICHAELS,  ISAAC 
NIEBEL,  JOHN  H. 
PRICE,  JOHN  W, 
SWITZER  JACOB 
VAN  BUREN,  EZRA  H. 
WILCOX,  LUTHER  L. 


Total,  56. 


DISCHARGED. 

LIEUT.  A.  R.  INGERSON,  CORP.  THOMAS  C.  THOMPSON, 

IST  SERG.  JOHN  C.  WENTZ,  CORP:    STEPHEN  A.  MCKENZIE, 

CORP.  WILLIAM  II.  EYESTONE, 


BATES,  EDWARD  G. 


PRIVATES. 

HILDRETH.  WILLIAM  J. 


•MM..      K)l 


iNMAN,  tUNlEL  M. 
BUR  NET,    THOMAS  C. 

KARR.  HENRY  \V. 


AARON 
HUNTER,  HENRY  I. 
KI.MMELL,  RINKER  V 
WILSON,  LKVI  I- 


Total,  14. 


TRANSKEkED. 


CAPT.  V.  R.  DAVIS, 
CORP.  EDWIN  P.  COZIER, 
LEEPER,  FRANCIS 
NEAL,  BARTON  <  >. 
THOMPSON,  JOHN 


SERG,  JOSEPH  ROLL 
HUMBERT,  W.  K. 
McMiLLER,  HENRY  M. 
PAR  LET,  JOHN 
THOMPSON,  DAVID 

Total,  io. 


SERG.  W.  F.  BASOM 
ROBINSON,  FRANKLIN 
STANSBERRY,  HAR\EV 


KILLED    IN    ACTION. 

SERG.  DAVID  1).  TERRY 
SMITH,  GEORGE 
SCEAR^,  [EDEDIAH 


Total,  6. 


DIED    OF 

SKRG.  JAMES  II.  U.IKUFF 

RlFFENKERRV,  W.  S, 

ANDERSON,  JOHN  S. 
CROSS,  JOHN  R. 
11  A  NEK.  EDGAR 
MILLER,  THOMAS  A, 

I'RK  K,   1:  AAC 

SHANNON, JAMES 
SMITH,  MCK.ENDREE 
WILKIN,  JACOB 


WOUNDS    OR    DISEASE. 

RKVNOI.DS,  BENJAMIN  M. 
EMERSON,  JOHN 

CAROTHERS,  ALEXANDER 
(iREGG,  JAMKS 
INGERM>N,  AMBROSE 
PALMER,  HENRY 

Kl  MMLI.L,   EXE  KIEL 

SMITH.  REUBEN  W. 

SUBER,    [oil\ 

WOOD,  SILAS 


Total,  20. 


DESERTED. 

THOMAS  WOODRAUGH. 


OHIO    Vm.KNMF'U 


C  0  M  P  A  N  Y     B . 


J. 


CAPTAIN, 

F.   RANDOLPH. 


Eugene  Smith. 
Ira  D.  Wells, 


SEARGENTS, 

George  A.  Darke, 
Edward  L.  Husted, 
William  Barhite. 


CORPORALS, 

Samuel  B.  Caldwell,  Henry  C.  Rushton, 

Nelson  Armstrong,  Enoch vL.  Birdseye, 

Andrew  S.  Gilbert,  John  L.  Smith, 

George  Kutcher. 


Joseph  Sallabank, 


MUSICIANS. 

George  Williams. 


TEAMSTER, 

Albert  Burch, 


ALLING,  WILLIAM 
BI.ISH,  ALBERT 
BENFER,  JOHN  Y, 
BOND,  ORRIN  G. 
BLISH,  DANIEL 
BURNS,  ROBERT  W. 
BELMONT,  ERNEST 
CASTLE,  JUDSO.M 
CASTLE,  JEHIEL 
CUMMINGS,  WILLIAM. 
DOUGLASS,  WILLIAM 
ELDER,  GEORGE  D. 
ELLIOTT,  EDWIN 
FREUND,  MICHAEL 
Fox,  AMOS 
Fox,  REUBEN 
Fox,  JORDAN 
GODFREY,  ZERAH 
GOODELL,  EMANUEL  F. 


PRIVATES, 

ISHAM,  CHARLES 
KUTCHER,  LEWIS. 
LANE,  SOLON. 
LETTZ,  WILLIAM. 
LEE,  NOYES  S. 
MILLER,  GEORGE  II. 
MILLER.  ALFRED  W. 
MANN,  WILLIAM. 
MOGG,  URIAH. 
MESSELDINE,  SYLVANU=>  A. 
NYE,  ALBERT. 
1'Rourv,  EMORY. 

I'ALLIDAY,  F.RANKLIN 

RICK,  LAWRENCE 
ROE,  C'HARLKS. 
RUTHERFORD,  Louis, 
STRICK FATHER,  EDWARD. 
SMITH,  THOMPSON. 
STOCKMASTER,  MARTIN. 


own  vor 


HATCH,  PALMER  I). 
HYDE,  MICHAEL 
HASTINGS.  JOHN 
HOFFMAN,  PHILIP  A. 
HOFFMAN,  EZRA  11. 
HILL,  WILLIAM  \V. 
HARRISON,  EBENEZER  B. 
HICKS,  HENRY  C. 


SMITH,  WARNER  R. 
SLATER,  GEORGE  W. 
SLATER,  V\TILLIAM. 
SKINNER,  BENJAMIN  K. 
SKINNER,  ALFHON^O 
TAYLOR,  ANSON.  H. 
Twiss,  LOREN. 
WKI  -,.  Yirn  >R. 


ANDREW,  CHARLES. 


Total,  .55. 


BlTSKIRK.  CiEORGE 

WAIT,  EZRA  A. 
FISHER,  JOSIAH  k. 
BOWEN,  ANSON  T, 

COLE,  IRYING 


DISCHARGED. 

I'ROCTY,  WILLIAM  R. 
PROUTY,  CLINTON. 
REYNOLDS,  CHARLES  H. 
SPARKS,  RILEY. 
WALDRON,  SEYM.  MR. 
LITTLE.  FRANCI-,. 


TRANSFKRRKD. 


CAI-T.  HORACE  KELL<»GI;, 
LIEUT.  ELMER  E.  Hi  STED, 
LIEUT.  B.  F.  BLAIR 
SMITH,  HARRY  E. 

I'iioM.-V,,   WiLLIAM   II. 

CLAPP 


BEVERSTOCK,  Enwix  f. 
SLATER,  JOHN. 
WICKHAM,  FREDERICK  C 
WILLIAMS,  EDWARD  11. 

XVoODRTEF,  A  RED. 

HENRY  S. 


Total,    i 


KILLED 

LIECT.  CALEI;  I).  WILLIAM, 
CONGER,  ELIJAH  S. 
KELLER,  LEONARD. 


IN    ACTION. 
SCHXEBI.Y,  BOWER  W. 
SIULTS,  HENRY  C. 
WILLIAMS,  BENJAMIN  H, 


DIED  OF    WOUNDS    OR    DISEASE. 
FRITH,  C.EMRGE  J.  GRIGGS,  JOHN  L. 

BOND,  STANLEY  ~F.  WALTER',  ABISHA  \V. 

E\ANb,  RICHARD  BARNHART,  MALYERN  H. 


'!  i'"M  i  i:    IN.  • 


£oli8,  Hi.  H  S  L.  TUMAN,  u 

lloix  (i.\iH,  BENJAMIN 

Total,  9 


DESERTED. 

EDWARD  C.  SAVENACH. 


MISSING. 
SPANGLER,  HENRY  J. 


COMPANY     C. 

CAPTAIN, 

ABNEK  SNYDKR. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

FRANK  A.  BRECEKNRIDGE. 

SERGEANTS. 

Seymour  C.  Lester,  Marion  Lester, 

Addison  M.  Frey,  George  A.  Webster, 

Daniel  J.  Fink. 

CORPORALS. 

Norman  S.  Tillotson,  Joseph  H.  Rhodes, 

William  Carson,  David  R.  Moore, 

Albert  H,  Wait,  John  W.  Miller. 


MUSICIANS. 

Clark  Can  field. 


PRIVATES, 

ADAMS,  HIRAM  MILI.KK,  SAMUKI. 

BARER,  NELSON  MINC.US,  CHARLES 

BLANCHARD,  ALBERT  S.  MDOKK,  (JE«>R(;EP. 

BLAKE,  LVMAX  P.  ODELL,  WILLIAM 

BEERS,  NATHAN  I'HILLIK-,,  JOHN  L. 

'BURNHAM,  WILLIAM  L,  PHILLIPS,  FRANKLIN 

CARR,  WILLIAM  ROHINSON,  NAFOLEO.V 

CARSON,  JACQB  SKINNER,  WALLACE  D. 


OHIO  VOUWTfcKfe 


COLE,  ORRIN 
CONKLIN,  WILLIS  H. 
DAY,  WIISON 
DEBOW,  HUGH 
ERECWELL,  HENRY  W. 
ERECWELL,  CHARLES 
FAY,  MARTIN 
FROST,  "\VILLIAM  H.  ' 
GOODENOUGH,  HENRY 
GRANNIS,  THOMAS 
HEMINGWAY,  FREDERICK 
HAUN,  TiioMAs 
KENNEDY,  JOHN 
McKEE,  WILLIAM 


STEEL,  SlMON 

STEEL,  JACOB 
SNYDER,  REUBEN 
SHEPHARD,  LYMAN  .R, 
SPRINGER,  LORI N  S. 
SIFLER,  JOHN 
SALSBURY,  JOHN 
SYKES,  OTIS 
SF.ITTER.  JACOB 
TILLOTSON.  CHRISTOPHER  E. 
TAYLOR,  CYRUS 
WAGGONER,  WILLIAM 
WHITE,  SAMUEL 
FAIRCHILD,  JOHN  B. 


Total,   58. 


DISCHARGED. 

CAFI.  CHARLES  C.  PARMENTER  LIEUT.  EDGAR  MARTIN, 

SMITH,  AUGUSTUS  L.  AMADELL,  JAMES 

MILES,  PHILANDER  RAINEY',  WILLIAM  H. 

BAKER,  ADDISON  CURTISS,  ROMAINE 

CARPENTER,  SIDNEY  CLARK,  PATRICK 

FISK.  GEORGE  L.  MILLER,  JOHN 

GREEN,  FRANKLIN  MOORE,  \VILSON 

MOSIER,  NELSON  S.  WHITMOUR,  HIRAM 

BASCOM,  ALFRED  MURPHY,  JOHN 
LOVELAND,   LAFAYETTE 


Total,    19, 


TRANSFERRED. 

DENNIS  H.  CANFIELD, 


DECKER,  ORREY 


KILLED    IN    ACTION. 

GREEN,  CRARY 


DIED    OF    WOUNDS    OR    DISEASE. 


SIMPSON,  SILAS 
GARRISON,  HARVEY  E. 
SPENCER,  JAMES 
SNYDER,  JOSIAH 


WHITE,  LEWIS 
COIT,  EUREKA 
NIXON,  CHARLES 
STEEL,  LEVI  J. 

[*"] 


OHIO   VOLUNTKKk 


SLY,  FERNANDO 
LYN,  ALONZO 


BAKER,  HIRAM, 
HARRIS,  JOHN 
To\v;  JOHN 


SEELV,  THOMAS  S. 
WILSON,  JOHN  R. 
BECKWITH,  MARTIN 

Total,    13. 


DESERTED. 

WEST,  DAVID  J. 

DRAPER,  DAVID  L. 
SHAW,  WILLIAM  H, 
TURNER,  WILLIAM  J. 

Total,    7. 


COMPANY     D . 

CAPTAIN, 

F.  K.  SHAWHAN. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

JOHN  W.  LEONARD. 

2D  LIEUTENANT, 

DAVID  MILLER. 


James  C.  Leahy, 
Thomas  Parkin, 


SERGEANTS, 

Samuel  Martin, 
John  G.  Reynolds, 
Francis  M.  Hart. 


CORPORALS, 

John  A.  Heckman,  Henry  H.  Pennington, 

Isaac  Insley,  Andrew  Powell, 

Levi  Keller,  John  Burnside. 


TEAMSTER, 

Andrew  Binckley. 


PRIVATES. 

ABBOT  IRVING  BEAVER  RUSSELL  B. 

BAKER  JOHN  T.  BEARD  SELDEN  M. 

BOWERSOX  DAVID  B.  BONER  WILLIAM  S. 


dHIO 


tlSHOP  DAVID 
CRUSSLEY  PETER  A. 
CONRAD  NATHAN  B. 
COUGH  LIN  JOHN 
DICE  JOHN 
FYE  WILLIAM  H. 
FLENNER  ELIV. 
GKADY  RICHMOND 
HAGUE    DA VII) 
KOCH  HUBERT 
LuNZWAY  SYLVESTER 
LOCUST  WILLIAM 
MEYERS  JOSEPH 
REYNOLDS  WILLIAM  O. 
SLOAT  ED.VIN  V. 
.^TEVENS  HTT 
VANCE  WILLIAM 
\VERTZ  JOHN 


CROSSLEY  WILLIAM 
CARIGAN  PETER 
CLARK  JOHN  L. 
DAVIDSON  JA.MES  H, 
DUNN  ARLINGTON 
EARNER  NOAH 
GROFF  SILAS  W. 
HARRIS  DAVID  F. 
KEEPS  THOMAS 
IvERN  WILLIAM  L   B, 
LOTT  ALEXANDER  H. 
MARTIN  GIDEON 
NAUGLEG.  W. 
SHEETS  FRANK 
SLOAT  BYRON  A. 
ULLMAN  MATH  I  AS 
WAGONER  FREDERICK 
YOUNG  THOMAS  I. 

Total,   57. 


DliCHAtKUi), 


LIEUT.  H.  S.  McKEE 
YOUNG JOHN 

bETTS  AMANDUS  I. 
HAKTZELL  HOWARD  F. 
WENTZ  JAMES  H. 
LL1TNEK  ANDREW  .1. 

MOWE'R  DAVID  C. 
MCDOWELL  ANDKKW 

KirH ARDSON  CHAKLES 
ttl.MMELL  ALBERT 
WALSH  MICHAEL 
WU  EATON  JOHX 
HALL  DAVID  ,S. 
ABBOTT  LYMA_\ 
REEME  DANIELE. 
uSBORN  ELlAS  H. 


BOLINGER  SAMUEL 
BURGER  JAMES  A. 

HOCK.  IAMES 
KENAN  JAMES 
KINNEY  FREDERICK  W. 

MOOKE  BENJAMIN  W. 
KHOJ^ES  DANIEL 
VANSKIVER  JAMES  O. 
WH EATON  PATRICK  S. 
BuXER  JOSEPH  A. 
DELA PLANE  BROWN 
WOO V Eli  WILLIAM 
KINNEY  BE XTLEY  L. 
I ,  A  BO  U  X  T  Y  0  H  A  UX CE  Y 
LUTZ  JOHXX. 
BITTEN  WILLIAM  A. 

Total,  32. 


ENNISJOHX   B. 


TRANSFERRED, 

DILDINE  WILLIAM  H, 


ottm  Vol-efctfefctt 


KILLED  IN  ACTION. 

WALL  PHILLIP  HA  RTZELL  JAMES 

HAINES  GRANVILLE  R.         HARRIS  SAMUEL  A. 
ROBERTS  CHARLES  C.  REYNOLDS  HENRY 

SNYDER  WILLIAM  H.  SWARTZ  PETER 

WELLER   HEXRY 

Total,  9. 


DIED  OF  WOUNDS  OR  DISEASE. 

ROOT  HIRAM  COE  LEAXDER 

BENTLEY  THOMAS  H.  GAMBEE  SETH  R. 

GILBERT  SAMUEL  M.  HOOVER  BENJAMIN  L 

HAT  FIELD  GEORGE  LUZADER  EPHRAIM 

LIEBE  JOSEPH  POLE  GABRIEL 

STATTER  ISAAC  SLOANE  LEWIS 
LOREY  OSCAR  K. 

Total,  13. 

DESERTED. 

AUMACHER  CHRIS.  HIJMMELL  JACOB 

BRITTON  JOSEPH  B,  SMITH  DANIEL  F. 

K1MBERL1N   HENRY  J. 

Total,  5. 

MISSING. 
BEARD  02JRO  R. 


COMPANY     E. 


CAPTAIN, 

DWiGHT  KELLOGG. 

2D   LIEUTENANT, 
C.   H.    SOWERS. 


SERGEANTS. 


Charles  Long,  Horace  Lawrence,, 

James  W.   Reed,  Edwin  Snyder. 


1 2 3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


149 


CORPORALS. 


W.  J.  Williams, 
E.  P.  Snyder, 
Joseph  Dignan, 


Isaac  Ode  11, 
Edwin  Prumer, 
John  Loader. 


MUSICIAN, 
Isaac  Blackmore. 


TEAMSTER, 

William  Stone. 


PRIVATES. 


ASHLEY  CHARLES 
BURGE  WILLIAM 
CASTER  MOSES 
CATLIN  HUDSON 
COATS  HENRY 
FEAGLEE  JAMES  M. 
GIBSON  HENRY 
GARRISON  JOHN  TV. 
HANKINSON  ELIAS 
HUTCHINSON  DAVID 
HO  WELL  RICHARD 
JENKINS  ALBERT 
LETTS  PETER 
HOSIER  VICTOR  F. 
McQUAID  JOHN 
PHILLIPS  GEORGE 
REED  FULTON 
VAIL  LEMUEL 
WILLIAMS  CHARLES 


BOYD  FRANKLIN 
CASNER  JEREMIAH 
CUNNINGHAM  WARREN 
COWEN  CHARLES  S. 
DILDINE  W.  H. 
FANCHER  VARNA  P. 
GREGORY  JAMES 
HALSEY  JOHN 
HANSARD  JOHN 
HAYNER  RICHARD 
JOINER  RALPH  C. 
JOHNS  ELEAZER 
MEAD  DANIEL 
MOODY  JAMES  L. 
PALMER  LUCIUS  A. 
REED  DAVID 
SALIERS  HENRY  A. 
WILLIAMS  W.  B. 
ZIMMERMAN  MATHIA;r« 

Total,  52. 


DISCHARGED. 


CAPT.  SAMUEL  W.  REED 
ANGEL  JAMES 
ENSIGN  JOHN 
JHORAM  JOHN 
SMITH  JAMES  B. 


BENNINGTON  JAMES 
FULKERT  MICHAEL 
HOLD  EX  ISAAC 
SACKETT  LAMBERT  N. 
SWEETLA3TD  LORENZO 


150  I23T>    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


SO  W  E  RS   I » A  VIP  T U ( •  K  R K  G EO RGE  " 

S  ALT  R  RS  A  I)  <  >  I J '  H  I  S  W  YR 1 0  K  P  E  R  R  Y 

TISDALE  OH  A  RLES  WILLIAMS  T>  A  VU> 

\V  H  E  A  TO  N  J  A  M  E  S  A  L  D  R I C  H  M  A  R  T I N 

TAXLTN  WILLARD  0. 

Total,   19. 


TRANSFERRED. 
LIEUT.  M.  H.  SMITH  THOMAS.  WILLIAM 


KILI-KD  IN  ACTION. 
TASXER  STEPH  EN"  DU-S'X  LA  FA  YETTE 

DORN  JACOB  n<x;LE  on ARLES 


DIED  OF  WOUNDS  OR  DISEASE. 

OALVIX  1)ENTNTISON  HAMILTON 

PEXXISOX  ALEXANDER  DURGIX  NICHOLAS 

HENDERSON  NATHAN  W.  "REED  JAMES  B. 

REE  D  GR  ATT  AX  STA  HT  JOH  N 

SH  ELBY  FA  RLTNGTOX  SH  A  FFER  FREDERICK 

S  H  A  MP  THOM  A  S  PI.  PH  E  R  GEORGE 

Total,  12. 


DESERTED. 
<J  A  S  N  E  R  J  0  H  X  C.  HA  C  K  ETT  I .  W . 


COMPANY     F. 


CAPTAIN, 

ALONZO  ROBBINS. 


1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

M.  W.  WILLOUGHBY. 


I  2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
2D  LIEUTENANT, 

THOMAS  W.  BOYCE. 


SERGEANTS. 


Moses  Allison,  William  G.  White, 

Samuel  Hayinan,  Alonzo  N.  Sawyer, 

Benjamin  F.  Willoughby. 


CORPORALS. 

Nelson  McFarland,  Arthur  L.  McBride, 

Joseph  P.  Dry,  Eli  Maskey, 

Thomas  Clark,  Jacob  H.  Miller, 

William  R.  Willoughby,  Frederick  Blond. 

MUSICIANS. 

James  B,  Willoughby,  Eli  Smith. 

TEAMSTER, 

John  Gephart. 

PRIVATES. 

BULUN,  REUBEN  BARKLEY JOHN  S. 

BOWSEER,  NELSON  BOWSHER  DAVID 

BOLYARD.  CEARLES  BOGART  WILLIAM 

CRAIG  ROBERT,  COPPLER,  CHRISTIAN 

CO WGILL,  NELSON  CHAMBERS,  NICHOLAS 

COOK  STEPHEN  R.  CAYLOR,  ABRAHAM 

COYAL  JAMES  L.  DUNN  EMER  S. 
DOUGHERTY  'D WIGHT  W.     EWART  ROBERT  J. 

BKLBBBYRY,  JOEL  FRAZIER.  THEODORE 

GIPSON  WILLIAM  A.  HEFFLEBOWER  JACOB 

HANLEY,  SAMUEL  HESSER  ALPHONSO  D. 

HUFFORD  GEORGE  W.  H  A  RRICK  JAMES  F. 

HUFFMAN.  SIMON  HE^NESSY.  PATRICK 

IR  WIN,  ROBERT  LEE,  LAFAYETTE 

LOTT  PETER  .7.  I JNDSEY  ALLEN  B. 

MELLON  JACOB  C.  McLAIN  ARCHY  H. 

McLAINM.  0.  MASKEY  JOSEPH 

McJUNKIN  E.  W.  MACKEY  JOHN 

MILLER  JONAS  W.  MACKEY  GEORGE  W. 

McBANE  SAMUEL  MILLER  JOHN  H. 


230    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


MITCHELL  WILLIAM 
XOLL,  LEV  I 

OBERLIX  MORRIS  P.  H. 
PERRIXE  HARVEY  J. 
PUGH  SAMUEL  A. 
RAGOX  HARVEY  B. 
SMITH  JEREMIAH  A. 
ST  ALTER  DAVID 
SIMONS  HEXRY  L. 
STEVEXS  ROBERT 
SPEXCER  WILLIAM 

VANDORXE  ISAAC 
WASHB URX.  CORXE L f. US 
WHLNXERY  JOSEPH 
WILLOUGHBY  LEYI  P. 


XORTOX  JOHN  0. 
OLIVER  CHARLES  E.  M. 
O'BRIEN  JOHN 
PERRIXE  JOHX 
REARDOX  ALBERT  P. 
S  X  YD  E  R.EZRA 
SMITH  AARON"  B. 
SEG A R, GEORGE 
SCOTT  ORAXGE  J. 
SMITH.  AX  DREW 
SPEXCER.  EDWARD 
WOODLING,  LEYI 
WILLIAMS.  JOSEPH 
WHITE  GEORGE  G. 
YOUXG  XATHAX  D. 


MASKEY,  ELI 


Total,  89. 


DISCHARGED. 


CAPT.  CURTIS  BERRY 
GIPSOX  JOEL  W 
HAYMAX.  JACOB 
COOK,  JOSHUA 
BLOND,  LEWIS 


K EYS.  JOHX 
McCOXXELL  ROBERT  X. 
FISHER  WILLIAM  H. 
CATH RIGHT,  RICHARD 
OLIVER  JAMES  B. 

Total,  10. 


TRANSFERED. 
HEFFLEBOWER  WM.  H.        HOUGH,  HEXRY 


KILLED    IN    ACTION. 

DUXX,  SAMUEL  GILBREATH,  DAVID 

SWIXEHART  JOHX  H.         HOLLY  EDWIX  R. 
KIEHL  CYRUS  H.  MAURICE.  WILLIAM 

MCDONALD,  SAVAGE. 


Total,  7. 


DIED    OF    WOUNDS    OR    DISEASE. 


LIEUT.  J.  H.  GILLAM 
WILLIAMS,  ADAM 


GIPSOX  MYR  AM  W. 
HULL,  DAVID 


I  2 3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  153 


KRIECHBAUM,  BBNJ.  McLAlN.  DAVTO 

RUMMELL  B.  C.  SNTDER  JOHN 

ATWATER  PETER 


Total,   9 


DESERTED. 


MITTEN,  LETTIS  CORFMAN.  LEVT1S 

LOWMASTER,  HENRY  BERRY  THEODORE  H. 


COMPANY     G . 

CAPTAIN, 

OSWALD  H.  ROSENBAUM. 


SERGEANTS. 

Wesley  B.  Jennings,  Martin  L.  Skiliman, 

Myron  E.  Clemens,  Augustus  D.  Garrett. 

CORPORALS. 

William  H.  Lovering,  Richard  H.  Timanus, 

Charles  G.  Knight,  George  B.  Drake, 

Benjamin  E.  Deely,  William  P.  Wheeler. 

MUSICIANS. 

William  Jennings,  William  Allen. 

TEAMSTER, 

George  R.  McConneDy. 


PRIVATES. 

BUYER,  LOUIS  BUYER,  XAPOLEOX 

BARNARD,  LUTHER  BARNARD  HEXRY  C. 

BROWN  GEORGE  N.  BOGART,  JAY 

BUCK  ALBERT  D.  BURNS,  JAMES 

BLOSIER,  HENRY  GLARE.  MICHAEL 

CROSS,  JAMES  CONGER  CORNELIUS  D. 

DRAKE,  BENJAMIN  FORRESTER,  EDWIN 


J54 


I23D    OHIO     VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


FILLMORE,  CON"  RAD 
GROFF  JOSEPH  R. 
GOLDEN,  WILLIAM 
HARPER,  JOHN 


KETES.  THOMAS.!. 
LUCE,  LYMAX 
MoGOOKEY  JOHN 
M  ETC  A  L  F,  HA  RR  1  80  X 
OEHM,  WILLIAM 
RAAB,  AUGUST 
REED,  WILLIAM 
STRAUS8ER.   ANDK  E  W 
SAYENACK  JOHN  R, 
SHESLEY,  GEORGE 

THOMPSON.  B  E  NM  A  M  I  X 
WEBER,  GEORGE 
ABBOTT,  ORRIN 
MART1X.  JOSEPH 

TEACHOUT,  MYROX 


GROFF,  JOSEPH 
GREENHO,  GEORGE 
HEGEXTY.  CHARLES 
HOWE,  RICHARD 
HIKES,  GEORGE 
KELLY,  WILLIAM 
I .  A  IT  G  HLI N ,  P  AT  R I C  K 
MO  KG- AX.  WILLIAM 
XEILL,  FOSTER 
PEARSOX  THOMAS 
HANSOMDELOS  C. 
STOWE  SAMUEL  E. 
STOCKLE  Y.GEORGE 
SHE  RE  R,  PETER 
STAFI.L,  WILLIAM 
TUCKER.  FREDERICK 
WAGER,  MILO  H. 
TEMPLE,  HEXRY 
MORROW,  JOSEPH 
V  A  XXT  A  TT  A ,  PR  A  X  F* 


YOLXGS,  JAY  A. 


Total,  69. 


DISCHARGED. 


IRT  LIEUT.  F.  B.  COLVEB 
STEELEJOHX 
YAXTIXE  ALFRED  C. 
(1LAVIX^  JOHX 
CHAMBERLAIX.  WJLLI A  M 
GILLEX  CHARLES 
LITTLE  FIELD  FRANK" 

SIEDLE 


2n  LIEUT.  S.  A.  JOXHSON" 
CAXFIELD  FRANK  W. 
BRCMM  CHARLES 
CHRISS,  SOLOMON 
DIPPEL.  MARTIN 
HAMMOND,  CHARLES 
RHODA.  CONRAD 
ALBERT 


Total,    15. 


TRANSFERRED. 

SCOBEY  GEORGE  A.  KEYES  CHARLES  M. 

LEWIS  A  XDRE  W  J.  WALK  E  R  A  L  B  E  RT  L. 

HEADLEY  BRYAXT  C. 


Total,      5, 


KILLED    IN    ACTION. 

GILLARD,  WILLIAM  OCKS,  THEODORE 

OTT,  ALBERT 


1 2 3D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  155 


DIED    OF    WOUNDS    OK    DISEASE. 

CAPT.  C.  H.   RTGGS  WENT/5,  JACOB 

DETLEFS,  JACOB  BROWN,  SOLOMON 

GOLDEN.  GEORGE  HOYT,  J  AMES 

HOTT,  WILLIAM  JOHNSON  HENRY  I). 

LAFERE  JOHN  MrEL W A I N  JAMES 

McGOOKEY,  B  A  KN  E  V  NEILL.  THOMAS 

REED.  J  A  M"ES  W  A  R  If  E X  <i  EO H.G p]  A 


Total,   17. 


DESERTED. 
-OCTn.EV.    ALHFKI 

COMPANY     II. 


CAPTAIN, 

VILL  R.  DAVIS. 


SEARGENTS. 


Barnwelle  B.  Clark,  John  C.  Derris, 

David  L.  Robinson,  Frederick  Staley, 

John  Hamlin. 

CORPORALS. 

Henry  Cassel,  John  Q.  Crippen, 

Benjamin  F.  Koons,  Jesse  Hollingshead, 

Charles  Valentine,  Emanuel  Keplingler, 

Simon  Fralick,  Jacob  Ranck. 

MUSICIAN, 

George  B.  Morrison. 


PRIVATES. 

AMBROZIER,  DANIEL  ARNOLD,   RICHARD 

ANDREWS,  JOHN  ANDREWS.  JAMES  C. 

ADAMS,  JOHN  B.  BETTS,  JOHN 

BETTS,  JOSIAH  BEISTLE.  JAMES 


'56 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


BEISTLE,  JOHN  H. 
BURKET,  THOMAS 
CLARK,  VICTOR  D. 
DORISH,  LORENZO 
FAY,  LEWIS 
FURST,  CHRISTIAN" 
HOUK.  MICHAEL 
HAM  LIN,  ORIMX 
HAWKINS.  SAMUEL 
KELLER.  GEORGE 
LONGWELL.  ASBURY 
MYERS  WILLIAM 
MOOR*E.  ANDREW 
PITEZEL,  JOSHUA  H. 
PORTER,  JOHN 
REMPLE,  WILLIAM 
SOLINGER,  SAMUEL  P. 
SNIDER,  JOHN  C. 
SHUPP,  JONATHAN' 
STALE  Y.THOMAS  P. 
S WISHER,  SAMUEL  R. 
VANGUNDY,  THOMAS  J. 
WICKHAM,  GEORGE   \V. 

ZELLERS 


BECK,  WILLIAM 
CULVER.  JAMES 
CARRICK.  AARON 
EYESTONE.  GEORGE  W. 
FRALICK,  JOHN 
HENRY.  ABRAM 
RAAS.  CONK  A  I) 
HAND  LEY,  PERRY 
JAQUETH,  TILLSON 
KAYLOR.  JOSEPH  H. 
LOUDENSLAGER,  FRANK 
MODERWELI;.  JAMES  O. 
OGDEN,  LORIN 
PARK,  ABRAHAM 
RANCK.  LEWIS  C. 
SNODGRASS,  JOHiNT  C. 
SHAFFER,  JOHN 
SECKLER,  DANIEL 
SHUPP,  SAMUEL 
STRIKER,  WILLIAM 
THATCHER,  ORIN  L. 
W  A  LKER,  THOM  A  S  G . 
WALTER,  JOHN 
, PHILLIP 


Total,    70. 


DISCHARGED. 


CAPT.  JOHN  NEWMAN 
CAPT.  W.  V.  McCRACKEN 
2D  LT.  W.  A.  WILLIAMS 
TUSTISAM.  ADAM 
BOARDNER,  HUGH 
HECCART,  ELI 
MILLER,  LEVI  L. 
PRICE,  JOSEPH 
SHAFFER,  GEORGE 


CAPT.  D.  S.  CALDWELL 
IsTLT.  H.  S,   BEVINGTON 
BURK,  ROBERT 
OWILER,  ELI 
GO  WING,  CHARLES  S. 
LYNCH,  LARRY 
NEWMAN,  JACOB 
RITTENOUR.  JOSEPH  ] 
VALENTINE,  GEORGE 


ZELNER,  EDWIN 

Total,  19. 


TRANSFERRED. 
SNODGRASS,  DAVID 


OHIO  VOLtJNTEKR  INFAtffRV,  157 


IN  ACTION. 
K  A  R  RIG  E  R  C  H  AR  L  ES  F. 


DIED  OF  WOUNDS  AND    DISEASE. 

FRANKLIN,  HUMPHREY  ANDREWS,  FRANK4  P. 

MEDARY,  CLEMENTS  MATHERS,  JOHN  D. 

BETTS.  DAVID  DURR,  JOHN 

DEVER.  CJEORGE  FAY,  WILLIAM  L. 

GUNDRUM,  JOSHUA  HURST,  GEORGE 

HARTSKISS.  JACOB  HOLM  AX,  PETER 

HUMPHREY,  JAMES  M  YERS.  JOHX  C. 

MERRICK,  GEORGE  RICHARDS,  HOSE  A 

ROBERTS.  DANIEL  STALEY,  JOSIAH 
VALENTINE,  CHARLES  E. 

Total,   19. 


DESERTED. 

AM Bki: STEE,  CH RISTIAX  BLACKFORD,  SHAN N ON 
BOARDXER.  SAM  C  EL         BEXXEHOFF,  JOHX 
FRALICX,  GEORGE  W.         FRYER,  LAFAYETTE 
HOTELLLNG.  CHARLES       KRIECHBACM,  ADAM 
MCDONALD,  JAMES  PACKER.  DAVID  B. 

SNYDER,  \VILLIAM 

Total.   1 1 . 


MISSING, 
JOSEPH  H.  DUN  LAP. 

COMPANY     I. 


CAPTAIN, 

J.  F.  SCHUYLKR. 


SERGEANTS. 

John  H.  Carpenter,  William  Bartholomew, 

Martin  Adams,  John  Wickard, 

,   Isaac  Sea  volt. 


1.230  OHIO  VOtfjNfEER 


CORPORALS, 


Eli  Snyder, 
Samuel  B.  Carpenter, 
John  F.   Henry, 
James  Hillis, 


Jacob  Ebright, 
John  Veott, 
Joseph  P.  Myers, 
Moses  Heller. 


MUSICIAN, 

Alexander  G.  Franklin. 

TgAMSTER, 

William  Whittaker. 


PRIVATES. 


ALLEY,  A  DON  1  RAM 
BARDETT,  WILLIAM 
BOWMAN,  JACOB  J. 
B  ACK.EN  STOS,  W  ILL  J  A  M 
BOY  EH,  JOS1AH 
BARDETT,  DAVID 
CLINE,  ALFRED 
CONLY,  FRANKLIN  M. 
DALE,  8  A  All!  EL 
DOE,  CHANCEY  A. 

i 'OX,  JACOB  J. 
iiLNKY.  NATHAN 

UILLIS,  JOHN 
it  OSTIN  ER,  S  Y  L  V  LSTE K 
KISEK,  ANDKEW  i. 
KOOKEN,  JEEFEKSON 
HILLIS,  DAVID 
MARVIN.  THOMAS  H. 
McDUELL.  JAMES  H. 
PAINTER,  MICHAEL 
RICE,  JOHN  H. 
ROLLER,  MICHAEL 
SPENCER,  JOHN 
SHEELY,  WILLIAM 
S1DELL,  JOSEPH 
TODD,  MICHAEL 
V  ORGLESON  C,  HEN  RY  t 
YOUNGKER,  SAMUEL 


ALBERT,  JOHN  F. 
BRECHEISEN,  GEURGE 
WOW  MAN,  JOHN 
BOCKY,  FRANKLIN 
CH1LCOTE,  JOSEPH  L. 
CARLISLE,  THEODORE  U. 
CART,  HUGH  M. 
CRABBS,  WILLIAM 
DITTO,  JACOB 
ENGLISH,  JAMES  W. 
FINK,  JOHN  F. 
HUFFMAN,  JOSEPH 
H  U  F  FM  A  N ,  A  N  D  R  E  \\    VV . 
JOHNSON,  JOSEPH  C. 
KISER,  OLIVER   P. 
LILLY.  JAMES 
LANEY,  OWEN  H. 
MA  EON  Y,  THOMAS  H, 
McKIBBIN,  WRIGHT 
UOSS1TTER,  WILLIAM 
ROGERS,  JOHN  W. 
SHONTZ,  HENRY 
SPENCER,  JAMES 
SHELLE K.JOHN  J. 
THOMPSON,  DAVID 
UPDYKE,JOHN  A. 
WILLIS,  IRA 
YOUNG  JOHN  W. 


Total,  72. 


I23B   OHIO    VOLUNTKKK    INKANTRV. 


DISCHARGED. 

CAPT.  R.  H.  KIRKWOOD        2i>  LIEUT.  G.  D.  ACKER 
DILDI-X  E,  H  EX  K  Y  H .  C  A  LLA  ii  AX ,  WILLIAM 

CARSON,  SAMUEL  s.  ELLIOT,  AUGUST  c. 

MOSES.  WILLIAM  S  McCLIXTOCK,  THOMAS  \V. 

SHAFFEK,  JOHX  B. 

Total,  9, 


TRANSFERRED. 

BONNELL,  MoSES  ALCOTT,  DAY  it) 

KILLED  l.V    ACTION. 

BRINELY,  ABRAHAM  W.      FINK,  ISAAC 
DEARY,  WILLIAM  FOX,  WILLIAM  H 

MICHIXER,  ELI. 

DIED  OK  WOUNDS  uR    DISEASE. 

GEAR,  JOSEPH  FREEZE,  WILLIAM  M. 

MAY,  JAMES,  AV.  MACfliKEE,MAETlN  W 

ADAMS,  GEORGE,  W.  BOWMAX    WALTER  P 

OHAFFIX,  JAMES  T.  EBERSOLE,  HEXRV 

HEXRY.  WILLIAM  B.  MYERS,  JOHN  H 

MoKEE.  THOMAS  H. 

DESERTED. 

COPP.  JOH^J  McEWE_v  SAMUEL 


C  O  M  P  A  NY     K . 


CAPTAIN, 

B.  F.  BLAIR. 

1ST  LIEUTENANT, 

CHARLES  M.  KEYKS. 


OHIO  VOttJNTEfcR 


James  Healy, 
(acoh  Wolff, 


SERGEANTS* 

Thomas  Robinson, 
Leonard  Kissner, 
William  Fry. 


CORPORALS. 


Mathew  J.  Gas'e, 
Michael  Thorn, 
Charles  Bang, 


John  Grant, 
James  Crohan, 
Andrew  Bleckley. 


MUSICIAN, 
John  L.  Smith. 


PRIVATES. 


A.MES,  DAVID  S. 
BEELER,  WILLIAM 
BRUNO,  BERNARD 
BUSSINGER,  JOHN 
BROWN.  LEAXDER 
GRUMME  LL,  H E N  R  Y 
GRU  M  M  ELL,  FRE  D  E  R I C  K 
HACKETT,  HENRY 
IRVING,  THOMAS, 
LUCIUS,  NICHOLAS 
MARTIN,  GEORGE  R. 
ROCK.  ANTON, 
SPITTLE,  BENJAMIN 
SWITZER,  JACOB 
SCHAUB,  JOSHUA 
SCHMIDT,  BRUNO 
UTLEY,  HIRAM 
WALSNER,  GEORGE 

ZENT, 


BAKER,  JOHN  T. 
BRITT,  FRANCIS 
BEAVER,  SOLOMON, 
BEADLE,  MARTIN  L. 
DUFFY,  JAMES 
GANGWER,  STEPHEN 
IIIGGINS,  FRANCIS 
HUNTLY,  OZIAS 
McGRADY,  DAVID 

MONTEE,  WILLIAM 
MURPHY,  GEORGE  J. 
RAGON,  ANDREW  L, 
SIMMONS,  CLINTON 
SCHNEIDER,  MICHAEL 
SCHAUB,  DAVID  F. 
THOM,  PETER 
WILCOX,  PETER 
YOUNG,  CHRISTOPHER  C. 

LEONARD 

Total,  51. 


DISCHARGED. 


lax  LIEUT.  R.  B.  FERRIS 
BOFF,  IGNATIUS 
DONELLY  ARTHUR 


SNYDER,  CLEMENT 
DIETRICH,  OSTERHOLD  D. 
FOWLER,  ALONZO 


101 


HARTHAN,  SIMON 

NUTTER,  ISAAC 


LONG,  JOHN 
RHONE.  ALBERT  W 

Tola!,    10. 


TKANSKKKAKl). 


HOY  OK,  THOMAS  W 
l.l.DhK,  GEUKGL   L>. 

HASTINGS.  JOHN 

HENNE38Y,  PATRICK 
POLE.  GABKIEL 


KNNIS,  JOHN  B. 
KLLLS.  WILLIAM 
H  Vl)L\  MI«JUAKL 
HKNKV.  JOHN  L. 
SA  VENACH.  EJ>  \VAK1) 

Total,    1O. 


KILLED  IN    ACTION. 
t'OPH.E  1 0 N ,  sAM U El.  D.          DON AHOK,  AN DKi  \\ 

blKU  ub    WOUNDS  Ok  DLSKAt;E. 


v_Al'l.  it  SMS  ZIMMEK 
CAUL.  JAMES 
LEY,  JACOB 
STRAUB,  WILLIAM 


GOODSELL,  JOSFfii 
HAAS,  JACOB 
ROBINSON,  JOHN 
SPICE,  JACOB 

Total,  8. 


DESERTED. 


AUSTIN,  HENRY 
CONELLY.  PATRICK 
McKEE,  RICHARD 
PEARL,  PETER 


MORGAN,  THoMA', 
COSTELLO,  WILLIAM 
C  A 1TG H  LIN,    E  I.) W  AR D 
MEENS,  JAMES 
THOMPSON,  JAMES 

Total-  10, 


Field  and  8 1  a  f  f . 


Colonel, 

W.  T.  WILSON. 
[*i2] 


O»lO   V 

Lieutenant -Colonel, 
11.  KKLLOGC,. 

Surgeon, 
W.  B.  HYATT. 

Assistant-Surgeon , 
N.    B.  BRISBINK, 

Adjutant, 
t:.    K.   HWSTLJ). 

Quartermaster, 
K.  H.  BROWN. 


D1SCHAKUI  I). 


Lt.  C-'ol.  H.  B.  Hunter,  Maj.  A.  B.  Norton, 

Surgeon  O.  Ferris,  Asst.  Surg.  j.  H.  Williams, 

Chaplain  C.  G.  Ferris,  Drum  .Major  Wesley  Holmes. 


TkANSt'KKRfcD. 

Adjutant  W.  V.  McCracken, 


jN CM  -COMMISSION  ED  STAFF.      ^ 

St,  Maj.  G  H.  Scoby,  Q-  M.  St=_E;  H.  Williams, 

Com,  St.  F.  C.  Wickham,     Hos,  Sd,  K    }.  Beverstock, 

PRINCIPAL    MUSICIANS. 

Edwin  P.  Cozei,  Dennis  K.  Canfieid, 


TRANSFERRED. 

Sergeant-Major  Benjamin  F.  Blair. 

AGGiUBGA'i'E. 

Total  number  mustered   out 641 


VOttWfRKR 


Total  number  discharged  ......................    1  63 

*'        transferred  ......................      48 

"        killed  in   action  ...................  45 

"          "        died  of  wounds  or  disease  ..........    131 

"        of  deserter^  .....................      44 


Total 1072 


The  foregoing  shows  the  exact  condition  of  the  regi 
ment,  as  exhibited  by  the  muster-out  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  June  i^th  and  i$th}  1865. 


164  I  .MJ»    ujrliO    VOULNTttk 


<J  HAP  T  K  R       X  I  I  . 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

On  the  night  of  December  91)1,  1864,  when  the  regi- 
vneiii  was  being  transported  by  rail  from  Opeqnan  Bridge, 
in  the  Valley,  to  Washington,  'on  our  way  to  join  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  in  front  of  Richmond,  Private 
Silas  Simpson,  of  Company  C,  being  on  a  flat-car 
crowded  with  men,  laid  down  near  the  bumper,  and  hav 
ing,  it  is  presumed. dropped  asleep  and  fallen  between  the 
cars,  met  with  an  instant  death,  no  less  than  three  trains 
passing  over  his  body  before  it  was  discovered  that  he 
was  missing. 

During  the  early  part  of  our  term  of  service,  the  or 
ders  were  very  strict  in  reference  to  individual  foraging, 
and  whenever  complaints  were  made  at  headquarters  by 
some  Secesh  citizen,  that  some  of  the  boys  had  been 
slaughtering  a  beef  of  his,  or  perhaps  a  poor  innocent 
porker  had  gone  the  way  of  all  the  world,  or,  perchance, 
a  fcox  of  honey,  or  a  loaf  of  bread,  or  a  nice  ham,  was 
not  to  be  found,  then  forthwith  a  guaid  must  be  sta 
tioned  around  his  house  and  the  mens'  quarters  searched 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  165 

for  the  missing  articles.  The  men  generally  received  due 
and  timely  notice,  and  the  articles  were  buried  in  some  tent 
and  a  poor  sick  boy,,  that  could  not  be  moved,  would  be 
lying  over  it.  The  officers  engaged  in  the  search,  would 
perhaps  look  in  the  tent  and  says,  "  Boys,  is  any  of  that 
meat  or  honey  here  ?"  They  were  never  known  to  re 
ceive  an  affirmative  answer.  Occasionally  they  would  be 
caught  in  the  act,  as  the  following  incident  will  •  testify : 
The  regiment  had  just  gone  into  camp  on  the  bank  of 
the  Shenandoah,  near  Halltown,  one  hot  day  in  August, 
1864.  The  men  were  nearly  all  bathing  in  the  nvet, 
when  they  spied  a  field  of  corn  on  the  opposite  bank  and 
immediately  went  for  it  Two  boys  of  Company  A,  each 
unadorned  with  any  particular  amount  of  clothing,  and* 
having  their  arms  filled  with  roasting  ears,  were  caught 
by  a  cavalry  guard  set  there  to  watch  the  corn  ;  and  with 
out  their  clothing,  which  was  on  the  other  side,  were 
marched  to  division  headquarters ;  from  which  place 
they  were  sent,  through  the  regular  channels,  to  regi 
mental  headquarters,  with  an  order  to  have  them  "  tied 
up  by  the  thumbs."  From  there  Col.  Wilson  sent  them 
to  company  headquarters,,  with  instructions  to  carry  out 
the  order  after  night — the  particular  night  not  being 
specified.  Why  Capt.  C.  had  plenty  of  corn  for  dinner 
is  plain. 

After  any  of  these  depredations,  should  any  of  the 
officers  discover  next  morning  in  their  quarters,  a  nice 
steak,  plate  of  honey  or  roll  of  butter,  it  was  not  deemed 


1 66        !?3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

necessary  to  institute  a  search  to  see  where  it  came  from. 

When  we  passed  near  Sewell  Mountain,  returning  from 
the  Lynchburg  Raid,  June  r'oth,  1864.  one  of  the  men 
r aught  a  young  fawn  and  made  a  present  of  it  to  the 
Colonel.  A  ''hard  tack"  box  was  rigged  up,  the  fawn 
put  into  it  and  conveyed  on  the  back  of  a  mule  to  Camp 
Piatt ;  from  there  it  was  taken  with  the  regiment  to  Mar- 
tmsburg,  where  it  became  a  great  favorite  with  the  men, 
and  was  finally  sent  from  there  to  Ohio, 

At  Winchester  there  were  several  Union  families,  one 
of  whom  will  always  be  remembered  with  hearts  full  of 
gratitude  for  their  kindness  to  many  of  our  regiment. 
The  members  of  that  family  who  resided  there  during  the- 
war,  consisted  of  an  old  Quaker  gentleman,  Mr.  Sidwell, 
his  wife,  one  son — a  young  man — and  his  two  daughters, 
Anna  and  Martha.  When  we  were  captured  there,  on 
the  ?5th  of  June,  1863,  and  confined  in  the  Court  House, 
we  were  without  anything  to  eat  for  thirty-six  hours. 
Sending  a  note  through  one  of  our  surgeons  to  Mr. 
Sidwell,  he,  in  company  with  his  wife,  soon  made  his 
appearances  with  a  large  basket  of  provisions,  which  was 
certainly  a  rich  treat  to  us.  The  next  morning  the 
two  daughters  came  with  more  supplies,  and  towels  and 
soap,  which  afterwards  proved  of  great  use  to  us  in  Libby. 
During  the  whole  war,  from  its  commencement  to  the 
close,  Winchester  was  hardly  free  from  the  conflict  of 
battle  for  any  length  of  time,  changing  hands  no  less 
than  seventy-three  times,  three  times  in  one  day.  This 


I2^T)  OHIO  VOLENTEER  INFRNTRY.         167 

farmlv  remained  there  the  whole  time,  unable  to  get 
away,  the  two  daughters  making  it  a  constant  practice 
every  day  to  visit, the  hospitals,  ,md  endeavor  to  amelio 
rate  the  condition  of  our  sick  and  wounded.  There  are 
several  in  the  i23d  who  AVI  11  not  soon  forget  them  and 
their  acts  of  kindness. 

The  following  correspondence  will  explain  itself. 

CAMP  OK  THE  i -3D  O.  V.  I.  ) 

NEW  MARKET  HEIGHTS,  VA.,  March  n,  1865,      j 

Sir  : — At  the  request  of  the  commanding  .officer  of 
the  regiment,  T  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  through 
you  to  the  State  of  Ohio,  the  remnants  of  the  colors  Dar 
ned  by  the  i  .^d  Regiment  of  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry 
during  last  summer's  campaign  in  the  Shenandoah  Val 
ley,  Virginia.  They  were  borne  through  the  following 
engagements  in  Virginia:  Newmarket,  May  i5th,  1^64, 
Piedmont,  June  5th;  Lynchburg,  June  i8th;  Snicker's 
Ferry,  July  1 8th  ;  Winchester,  July  2 ,|th;  Martinsburg, 
July  25th ;  Berryville,  September  3d  ;  Winchester  Sep 
tember  i gth  ;  Fisher's  Hill,  September  2?d,  Cedar 
Creek,  October  i9th,  t864>  Hoping  that  you  will  give 
them  a  place  in  the  -Arm  and  Trophy  Department  of  the 
State,  I  am  with  great  respect 

Your  most  obedient  servant 

HON.  JOHN  BROUGH,  J.  W.  CHAMBERLIN, 

Governor  of  Ohio.         Capt.  A  Co.  i23d  O.  V.  I. 

To  which  Gov.  Brough  replied  as  follows : 


1 68  I23D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

THE  STATF.  OF  OHIO  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT,      ) 
COLUMPUS,  March  24th,  1865.          jj" 

Maj.  J.    IV,    Chamberlin\    \2$d  O.   I".  /. 

SIR — Your  favor  of  the  i5th  instant  has  been  handed 
me,  accompanied  by  "  what  remains  of  the  colors  of  the 
r 2 jd  Regiment."  The  custody  of  these  tattered  flags  is 
thankfully  accepted  on  the  part  of  the  State,  and  they 
will  be  appropriately  placed  among  other  and  similar 
mementoes  of  the  patriotism  and  courage  of  our  soldiers 
in  this  great  struggle  to  sustain  the  Government  and 
unity  of  the  country. 

The  i  ?3d  Regiment  presents  a  record  highly  honora 
ble  to  its  officers  and  men,  and  ennobling  to  the  State. 
These  records  have  given  to  our  State  the  high  rank  she 
now  occupies  in  the  annals  of  the  war ,  and  they  consti 
tute  one  of  the  brightest  pager,  in  the  history  of  this 
wicked  Rebellion.  Thanking  you  for  the  presentation 
made  by  the  regiment, 

1  ;un  very  truly  yours. 

JOHN  BROUGH. 

The  first  six  months  we  were  in  the  service  we  did  a 
great  amount  of  picket  duty,  and  for  men  Avho  were 
then  "  spoiling  for  a  fight,"  it  was  not  generally  a  very 
pleasant  labor.  Still,  occasionally  an  incident  would  oc- 
rur  that  would  vary  the  monotony  a  little.  One,  that  a 
few  men  will  not  soon  forget,  occurred  while  we  were  at 
Petersburg.  A  large  detail  from  the  regiment  was  on 
picket,  and  one  of  the  captains — who  had  never  officiated 


OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.        169 


as  --'Officer  of  the  Day"  —  was  acting  in  that  capacity  on 
this  occasion.  When  the  hour  at  night  came  for  "  grand 
rounds"  he  started  out  on  the  Franklin  Pike.  When 
nearing  the  post  he  was  ordered  to  halt,  and  to  "  dis 
mount  and  advance  one  with  the  countersign,"  He 
obeyed,  and  with  his  sword  drawn  and  at  a  rarry,  ad 
vanced  to  the  sentinel,  whose  authority  he  recognized  by 
giving  the  salute,  with  drawn  sword,  du^  to  a  superior 
officer.  Soon  After,  Company  C  was  picketing  on  the 
Moorefield  road,  when  Gen.  Milroy  was  returning  in  the 
ntght  with  an  escort  from  Moorefield.  but  without  the 
countersign.  He  was  halted,  compelled  to  dismount, 
and,  notwithstanding  his  assertions  that  ":he  was  Gen. 
Milroy,"  was  conducted  to  the  "officer  of  the  guard," 
who  recognized  him  officially  before  he  was  permitted  to 
pass. 

On  the  i  gtli  of  October,  1864,  when  Sheridan,  gained 
his  famous  victory  at  Cedar  Creek,  while  the  infantry 
were  lying  down  in  two  lines,  waiting  for  the  advance, 
which  was  soon  made,  and  while  the  enemy  were  throw 
ing  solid  shot  just  over  us,  an  enterprising  newsboy  rode 
up  with  the  Baltimore  American  for  sale.  He  rode  along 
slowly  disposing  of  his  papers,  until  a  solid  shot  struck 
very  near  his  horse,  when  he  turned  his  head  to  the  rear 
and  rode  off  with  the  remark  that  "it  was  getting  too 
d  —  d  hot  for  him  there." 

Just  after  we  had  got  fairly  started  on  our  Lynchburg 
raid,  and  when  one  day  the  men  had  got  very  tired  of 


I/O  I23D    OHIO     VOLUNTEER    INTANTRY. 

carrying  then  one  hundred  rounds  of  ammunition  each 
and  were  grumbling  much  thereat,  a  cavalry  officer  rod? 
by.  and  inquiring  of  one  of  our  men,  "  What  troops  are 
these?"  received  the  reply,  "Troops?  Hell,  this  is 
Grn.  Hunter's  ammunition  train  !" 

When  the  Regiment  was  lying  at  New  Creek,  Novem 
ber,  1862,  Ci.pt.  Horace  Kellogg,  with  his  company  r'B\ 
was  ordered  by  Gen.  Milroy  to  proceed  at  once  to  St. 
George,  Tucker  county,  Virginia,  and  assess  and  collect 
enough  money  from  disloyal  citizens  to  reimburse  the 
loyal  citizens  of  that  place,  who  had  been  robbed  by 
guerrillas.  Gen.  Milroy's  order  was  as  follows  "If 
they  do  not  pay  the  amount  you  assess  them,  at  the  des 
ignated  time,  you  will  proceed  to  burn  their  houses,  seize 
their  property  and  shoot  the  men."  As  soon  as  the  com 
pany  arrived  at  St.  George,  Capt.  Kellogg  found  out  who 
were  the  disloyal  subjects,  and  proceeded  to  issue  circu 
lars  to  them,  in  accordance  with  Milroy's  orders.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  the  money  was  forthcoming.  Five 
thousand  dollars  were  collected  and  disbursed  to  the  Union 
men  who  had  been  despoiled  of  their  property. 


COMPANY  D. 

Inasmuch  as  Company  D  was  away  from  the  regiment 
on  detached  duty  for  a  time,  it  may  be  interesting  to  give 
an  outline  of  their  doings  while  thus  employed. 

Sometime  during  the  month  of  May,  1863,  Company 


1 2 3D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  171 

D  was  ordered  to  report  to  Gen.  Milroyfor  duty.  Cd.pt, 
JShawhan  was  appointed  Provost  Marshal,  and  his  cofnpa 
ny  formed  .a  part  of  the  guard.  Capt.  Shawhan  went  to 
work  at.  once  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  made  a,  very  efficient  om<pi  He  soon 
had  the  city  thoroughly  cleaned,  his  men  burning  two 
kilns  of  lime  and  scattering  it  thoroughly  about,  thereby 
contributing  greatly  in  arresting  the  contagious  diseases, 
that  were  rapidly  turning  the  entire  city  into  a  general 
hospital. 

Some  indiscrete  young  ladies  insisted  upon  coming 
upon  the  streets  wearing  gloves  with  "Secesh"  emblem?, 
upon  them,  until  three  or  four  were  arrested  and  put  in 
the  guard  house.  They  soon  sued  for  peace,  and  ever 
after  there  was  no  trouble  in  curbing  the  turbulent  dispo 
sitions  of  the  most  violent  Secessionists, 

During  the  fight  at  Winchester,  June  ?5th,  1865,  the 
company  was  busy  guarding  prisoners  and  getting  out 
ammunition  for  the  artillery  in  the  forts.  When  the  re 
treat  commenced  they  had  orders  to  follow  with  then 
prisoners  in  the  rear  of  the  command.  They  fell  in  with 
the  first  regiment  they  came  to,  the  n6th  O.  V.  I.  ,  and. 
when  they  came  to  where  the  battle  was  going  on,  that 
regiment  was  ordered  to  march  right  on  to  the  Potomac 
river.  They  arrived  at  Orleans  Station  on  the  night  of  the 
i6th,  where  they  drew  rations.  On  the  i8th  they  started 
for  Cumberland,  and  when  within  ten  miles  of  that  place 
they  received  orders  to  March  into  Pennsylvania,  arriving 


172  I23D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 

at  '•' Bloody  Run,"  where  Milroy's  command  was  reor 
ganized.  They  remained  there  until  July  4th,  when, 
with  Conch's  Division  of  the  6th  Corps,  they  followed 
after  Lee's  retreating  army,  until  reaching  Harper's 
Ferry, "when  Company  D  was  ordered  to  Martinsburg, 
arriving  there  August  4th 

The  regiment  w*s  collected  together  hern,  with  Mai. 
Kellogg  in  command  of  the  post,  though  still  suffering 
much  from  his  wound. 

Again,  after  serving  with  the  regiment  through  the 
campaign  in  the  Valley,  about  the  middle  of  March, 
7865,  they  were  selected  to  form  a  part  of  the  corps  of 
sharpshooters  for  our  division.  The  boys  did  not  much 
relish  the  idea  of  leaving  the  regiment  again,  .but  of 
course  they  had  no  option  in  the  matter,  and  at  once 
commenced  learning  the  use  of  their  Spencer  rifles.  They 
did  excellent  service  at  Hatcher's  run,  losing  several  in 
killed  and  wounded.  Again,  at  Fort  Gregg  they  were 
deployed  in  front  of  our  brigade  in  making  that  assault, 
and  by  their  rapid  and  well  directed  firing,  assisted  mate 
rially  in  the  capture  of  the  fort,  and  were  complimented 
by  Col.  Potter,  our  Brigade  Commander,  for  their  good 
conduct.  Remaining  with  the  division  until  after  Lee 
surrendered,  they  then  made  the  trip  to  Lynchburg. 
They  were  then  sent  home  and  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment. 


uHi<»    VoU'N i  I'F.KH    IMfANtkV,  i,j 


XIII. 


(  AsUALifK-     IN     hKlAJJ.. 

In  making  up  this  record — a  pan  of  the  sacrifice  we 
paid  to  suppress  the  Slave-holders'  Rebellion — the  Mas- 
ici  out  rolls  have  been  closely  followed.  It  is  very  evident 
that  thev  were  by  no  means  complete  in  this  particular, 
except,  perhaps,  in  the  ca^e  of  two  or  three  companies. 
Kvery  effort  has  been  made  to  grt  a  cumplele  list  of  our 
killed  and  wounded,  and  with  what  result  the  following 
will  testify  : 

COMPANY  A. 

William  K.  liasom,  First  Sn^cant.  killed  in  action  at 
Winchester  jrmr  i j,  i8<>^. 

havidl).  Tcrr\ ,  First  Sergeant,  killed  in  action  at 
Snicker's  1'err'y  July  18,  i86-i. 

b'ranklin  Robinson,  kille.l  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

George  Smith,  killed  in  action  at  N'rwmaikct  May  15, 
1864. 

Harvey  Stansberry,  killed  in  action  at  Snicker's  Ferry 
July  1 8,  1864. 


f?4 

Jedediah  He-ears,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
15,  1863. 

James  H.  Boroff,  First  Sergeant,  wounded  in  right  leg 
ut  Piedmote  June  6,  1864,  and  died  afterwards. 

John  Went/,  First  Sergeant,  wounded  in  arm  at  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 

Thomas  C.  'Thompson,  Sergeant,  wounded  in  foot  at 
Fisher's  Hill  September  22,  1864. 

Joseph  Roll,  Sergeant,  wounded  in  leg  ai  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 

Benjamin  M.  Reynolds,  Corporal,  died  from  wounds 
received  at  Winchester  June  13,  1863. 

William  S.  Rifenberry,  Corporal,  wounded  accidentally 
going  home  January  -8,  (865,  and  died  afterwards. 

Daniel  VV.  Nichols,  Corporal,  wounded  in  arm  at 
Winchester  June  13,  1863. 

Adarn  De  Baugh,  wounded  in  leg  at  Hatcher's  Run 
April  6,  1865,  and  had  leg  amputated  afterwards, 

Robert  L,  Ewart,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher'^  Run 
April  2,  1865. 

Albert  Frost,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
April  2,  1865. 

Albert  Hunter,  wounded  in  action  at  Newmarket  May 
15,  1864. 

George  P,  Hoysington,  wounded  in  leg  at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863.,  and  had  leg  amputated  afterwards. 

Charles  M  King;  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 


OHIO   VOttfKTfefcH   iNfANI'KV.  I  75 

&enry  P.  King,   wounded    in     action    at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 

George  B.  Smith,  wounded  in    action     at    Newmarket 
May  15,  1864. 

Kd\vard  (j.  Hates,  wounded  in  leg  at    Winchester  June 
15  1863,  and  had  leg  amputated  afterwards. 

Henry  M.  McMiller,  wounded  in     foot    at  \Vinchean 
June  15,  1863. 

John  S.  Anderson,  wounded  in  leg  at    Snicker's  Ferry 
July  1 8,  1864,  had  leg  amputated     and  died    afterwards. 

Ambrose  Ingerson,  died  frum  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

Reuben  W .  Smith,  wounded  in  hip  at  Wiachest-i  Scp 
lember  19,  1864,  and  died  aftewards. 

Jacob  Clinger,  wounded  in  action  at   Newmarket  May 
15,  1864. 

Francis  M.  Harris,   wounded  in    neck    at  Newmarket 
May  15,    1864. 

Hiram  Long,  wounded    in  the    breast   at    Winchester 
Septembei    ig,  1804 

Levi  Rickenbach,  Corpuial,   wounded  iu   the  head  at 
Winchestei  September   19,  1864. 

Jacob  Switzer,    wounded  in    tlie  head  at    Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Samuel  Dome,  wounded  at   Cedai  Creek  October  19, 
1864. 

John  Davis,  wounded  in  the    head  at    Snicker's  Ferry 
July  1 8.  1864. 


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William  Walters,  wounded  in  knee  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

COMPANY  B. 

Caleb  D.  Williams,  First  Lieutenant,  killed  in  action  at 
Snicker's  Ferry  July  18,  1864. 

Elijah  S.  Conger,  killed  in  action   at  Winchester    June 

»3»  i*73- 

Leonard  Keller,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
.3,  1863. 

Bower  VV.  Schnebly,  killed  in  action  at  Snicker'* 
Kerry,  July  18,  iS6j. 

Henry  C.  Stults,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester 
Jane  13,  1863. 

Benjamin  H.  Williams,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

J.  F.  Randolph,  Captain,  wounded  in  action  at  Farms 
ville  April  6,  1865. 

Ira  D,  Wells,  Sergeant,  died  horn  wounds  received  at 
Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

Charles  Andrews,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's 
Run  April  i,  1865. 

John  Hastings,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
April  2,  1865. 

Louis  Rutherford,  wounded  in  action  at  Snicker's 
Ferry  July  18,  1864. 

Martin  Stockmaster,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's 
Run  March  31,  1865. 


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William  Slater,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31,  1865. 

George  Buskirk,  Corporal,   wounded  in  action  at  Win 
chester  June  13,   1863. 

Josiah    R.  Fisher,  Corporal,    wounded    in    action   at 
Winchester  June  13,  1863. 

Irving  Cole,  wounded  in  right  arm  at  Winchester  June 
13,  1863,  and  had  arm  amputated  afterwards. 

George   J.    Frith,  First    Sergeant,  died    from  wounds 
received  at  Winchester,  June  15,  1863. 

Abisha   W.  Walter,  Corporal,    died   from  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Winchester  June  13,  1863. 

Richard  Evans,    died  from   wound  received  at    Win 
chester  June  13,  1863. 

Benjamin  Holcomb,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Win 
chester  June  15,  1863. 

Albert  Nye,  wounded  at  Winchester  June  15,  1863. 
COMPANY  C. 

Orry  Decker,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June  13, 
1863. 

Crary  Green,  killed  in  action  May  31,  1863. 

Silas  Simpson,  fell  from  box  car  on  B.  &  O.  Railroad 
and  instantly  killed,  December  19,  1864. 

Joseph  H.  Rhodes,   Corporal,   wounded  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Jacob  Carson,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Samuel  Miller,  wounded   at  Berry  ville   September  3, 
1864. 

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Charles  Mingree,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15, 
1864;  also,  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

George  P.  Moore,  wounded  at  Farmville  April  6,  1865. 

Simon  Steel,  wounded  at  Farmsville,  April  6,  1865. 

Otis  Sykes,  leg  amputated  from  wound  received  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 

Alonzo  Lyn,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Winches 
ter  June  15,  1863. 

Louis  White,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Snicker's 
Ferry  July  18.  1864. 

COMPANY  D. 

Phillip  Wall,  Sergeant,  killed  in  action  at  Newmarket 
May  15,  1864. 

James  Hartzell,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

Granville  R.  Haines,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Samuel  A.  Harris,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

Charles  C.  Roberts,  killed  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31,  1865. 

Henry  Reynolds,  killed  in  action  at  Newmarket  May 
15,  1864. 

William  H.  Snyder,  killed  in  action  at  Newmarket 
May  15,  1864. 

Peter  Swartz,  killed  in  action  at  Farmville  April  6, 
1865. 


123D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   l&FAtfTRY.  179 

Henry  Weller,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  Septem 
ber  19,  i 864. 

F.  K.  Shawhan,  Captain,  wounded  in  the  thigh  at 
Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

David  Miller,  Second  Lieutenant,  wounded  in  the 
right  breast  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

James  C.  Leahy,  First  Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  right 
hip  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Samuel  Martin,  Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  wrist  at 
Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Francis  M.  Hart,  Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  right  arm 
at  Snicker's  Ferry,  July  18,  1864. 

John  A.  Heckman,  Corporal,  died  from  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Hatcher's  run,  March  31,  1865. 

Henry  H.  Pennington,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the 
thigh  at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Levi  Keller,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  thigh  at  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 

John  T   Baker,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Selden  M.  Beard,  wounded    at    Newmarket    May    15, 

David  B.  Bowersox,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15, 
1864. 

William  Crossley,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15, 
1864;  also  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

Peter  Carrigan,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

James  H.  Davidson,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15, 
1864. 


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David  Hague,  wounded  at  Cedar  Creek  October  tc), 
1864. 

Alexander  H.  Lott,  right  arm  amputated  from  wound 
received  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

William  Locust,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31, 
1865. 

Gideon  Martin,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Joseph  Meyers,  wounded  in  the  thigh  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Frederick  Wagoner,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  15, 
1864- 

John  Wertz,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31, 
1865. 

Hiram  Root,  Sergeant,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

Leander  Coe,  Corporal,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Seth  R.  Gambee,  died  from  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

Samuel  M.  Gilbert,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Benjamin  L.  Hoover,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Newmarket  May  15,  1864. 

Oscar  R.  Torrey,  died  from  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

William  Hoover,  wounded  in  the  foot  at  Hatcher's 
Run  March  31,  1865. 

James  Kenan,  wounded  at  Newmarket    May  15,  1864. 


I  2  3D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.        1 8 1 

Chancey  Labounty,  wounded  at  Newmarket  May  1 5 , 
1864. 

Andrew  J.  Leitner,  wounded  in  the  hand  at  Winches 
ter  September  19,  1864. 

David  C.  Mowen,  right  arm  amputated  from  a  wound 
received  at  Newmarket  Market  May  15,  1864. 

Daniel  Rhodes,  wounded  in  the  shoulder  at  Winches 
ter  September  19,  1864. 

Albert  Rummell,  wounded  at  Cedar  Creek,  October 
19,  1864. 

John  Whealan,  left  leg  amputated  from  an  accidental 
shot. 

Osro  R.  Beard,  died  from  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

Daniel  Reeme,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  knee  at 
Winchester  September  19.  1864. 

Samuel  Harris,  died  from  wound  in  the  hand  and  bow 
els  received  at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Peter  Croosley,  wounded  in  the  head  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

COMPANY  E. 

Stephen  Casner,  killed  in  action  at  Cedar  Creek  Octo 
ber  1 6,  1864. 

Lafayette  Dunn,  killed  in  action  at  Snicker's  Ferry 
July  1 8,  1864. 

Jacob  Dorn,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June  15, 
1864. 


T$2  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Charles  Bogle,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June  13, 
1863. 

Warren  Cunningham,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31,  1865. 

Henry  Gibson,  wounded  in  both  legs  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Lorenzo  Sweetland,  wounded  September  15,  1863. 

Newell  B  Salisbury,  Sergeant,  died  from  a  wound  re 
ceived  in  the  left  leg  at  Berry ville  September  3,  1864. 

Calvin  Dunn,  died  from  wounds  received  in  the  hip  at 
Berryville  September  3,  1863. 

Hamilton  Dennison,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
AVinchester  June  15,  1863. 

Nathan  W.  Henderson,  died  from  wounds  received  in 
the  leg  and  wrist  at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Peter  Lettz,  wounded  in  the  shoulder  at  Berryville 
September  3,  1864. 

Frederick  Shatter,  wounded  in  leg  at  Berry  ville  Septem 
ber  3,  1864. 

Isaac  Odell,  Corporal,  wounded  in  hand  at  Winches 
ter  September  19,  1864. 

Eleazer  Johns,  wounded  in  hip  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  3864. 

COMPANY  F. 

Samuel  Dunn,  Sergeant,  killed  in  action  at  Lynch- 
burg  June  18,  1864. 

David  Gilbreath,  Corporal,  killed  in  action  at  Win 
chester  June  15,  1863. 


T23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  183 

John  H.  Swinehart,.  killed  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

Edwin  R.  Holly,  killed  at   Winchester  June   15,  1865. 

Cyrus  H.  Kiehl,  killed  at  Lynchburg    June  18,  1864, 

Will  Maurice,  killed  at  Winchester  September  19,1864. 

Savage  McDonald,  killed  at  Lynchburg  June  18,  1864. 

M.  W.  Willoughby,  Second  Lieutenant,  wounded  in 
upper  part  of  leg  at  Snicker's  Ferry  July  18,  1864. 

Simon  Hoffman,  wounded  in  left  ankle  at  Lynch  burg 
June  1 8,  1864. 

David  Bowshcr,  wounded  in  the  back  at  Lynchburg 
June  1 8,  1864. 

John  H.  Miller,  wounded  in  arm  at  Lynchburg  June 
t8,  1864. 

Peter  Atwater,  wounded  in  leg  at  Lynchburg  June  18, 
1864. 

William  Spencer,  wounded  in  the  head  at  Lynch  burg 
Jnne  18,  1864. 

Thomas  Clark,  wounded  in  the  breast  at  Lynch  burg 
June  1 8,  1864. 

AVilliam  H.  Hefflebower,  wounded  in  the  left  hip  at 
Snicker's  Ferry  July  18,  1864. 

Samuel  A.  Pugh,  wounded  in  hand  at  Snicker's  Ferry 
July  1 8,  1864. 

Jacob  H.  Miller,  Corporal,  wounded  in  thigh  at  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 

Eli  Maskey,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  head  at  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 


184  1 2  3D    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Lafayette  Lee.  wounded  in  leg  at  Winchester  Septem 
ber  19,  1864. 

Joel  Ekleberry,  wounded  in  thigh  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

George  Mackey,  wounded  in  the  face  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Levi  Woodling,  wounded  in  leg  at  Fisher's  Hill  Sep 
tember  22,  1864. 

COMPANY  G. 

William  Gillard,  Corporal,  killed  in  action  at  Winches 
ter  June  1 8,  1863. 

Theodore  Ocks,  killed  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31,  1865. 

Albert  Ott,  killed  in  action  at  Snicker's  Ferry  July  18, 
1864. 

Richard  Martin,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
15,  1863. 

Sherman  A  Johnson,  Second  Lieutenant,  wounded  in 
left  breast  at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Myron  E.  Clemens,  Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  head 
and  shoulder  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

Richard  H.  Timanus,  Corporal,  wounded  in  action  at 
Cedar  Creek  October  19,  1864. 

William  P.  Wheeler,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  neck 
at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

Luther  Barnard,  wounded  in  hip  at  Winchester  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 


123D   OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  185 

William  Kelly,  wounded  in  foot  at  Winchester  Septem 
ber  19,  1864. 

Milo  H.  Wager,  wounded  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31,  1865. 

Alfred  C.  Vantine,  Corporal,  wounded  in  arm  at 
Fisher's  Hill  September  22,  1864. 

Charles  Brumm,  wounded  in  action  at  Newmarket 
May  15,  1864. 

Conrad  Rhoda,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 

Jacob  Detlefs,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Hatch 
er's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

Henry  D.  Johnson,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Winchester  June  15,  1863. 

James  Reed,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Newmarket 
May  15,  1864. 

George  Stokely,  wounded  in  arm  at  Lynchburg  June 
18,  1864. 

Foster  Neill,  wounded  in  hand  at  Berrysville  Septem 
ber  3,  1864. 

A.  C.  Garret,  Color  Sergeant,  wounded  in  foot  at  Win 
chester  September  19,  1864. 

Henry  C.  Bernard,  wounded  in  the  neck  at  Winches 
ter  September  19,  1864. 

George  B.  Drake,  Corporal,  wounded  in  hip  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

Charles  G.  Knight,  wounded  in  hand  at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 


1 86  I23D    OHIO  VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

William  H.  Levering,  wounded  in  leg  near  Strasburg 
October,  1864. 

William  Morgan,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

George^Shesley,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  14,  1863. 

Charles  Brumm,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

.Joseph  Morrow,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
15,  1863. 

Richard  Howe,  wounded  in  action  at  Opequan  Sep 
tember  19,  1864. 

COMPANY  H. 

Charles  F.  Harriger,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester 
June  13,  1863. 

Larry  Lynch,  wounded  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
15,  1863. 

Joseph  Price,  died  from  wounds  received  in  action. 

George  Shaffer,  wounded  in  leg  and  arm  at  Berry 
ville  September  3,  1864. 

Clement  Medary,  Corporal,  died  from  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Winchester  June  15,  1863. 

Frank  P.  Andrews,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

David  Betts,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Newmar 
ket  May  15,  1864. 

George  Dever,  died  from    wounds   received  in  action. 


I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  187 

Joshua  Gundrum,  died  from  wounds  received  inaction. 

Peter  Holman,  died  from  wounds  received  in  arm  and 
neck  at  Berry ville  September  3,  1864, 

John  C.  Myers,  died  from  Wounds  received  in    action. 

George  Merrick,  died  from  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

Hosea  Richards,  died  from  wounds  received  at  New 
market  May  15,  1864. 

John  Q.  Crippen,  wounded  in  hand  at  Berry  ville  Sep 
tember  3,  1864. 

William  Beck,  wounded  in  hand  at  Berryville  Septem 
ber  3,  1864. 

Lewis  Ranck,  wounded  in  leg  and  arm  at  Berryville 
September  3,  r864. 

George  W.  Eyestone,  wounded  in  hand  at  Fisher's 
Hill  September  22,  1864. 

COMPANY  I. 

Abraham  W.  Brinkly,  Sergeant,  killed  in  action  at 
Berryville  September  3,  1864. 

Isaac  L.  Fink,  Corporal,  killed  in  action  at  Snicker's 
Ferry  July  1 8,  1864. 

William  Deary,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
13,  1863. 

William  H.'Fox,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June 
15,  1863. 

Eli  Michiner,  killed  in  action  at  Winchester  June  15, 
1863. 


1 88  I23D    OHIO     VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

William  H.  Bender,  Captain,  wounded    in  the  leg    at 

Winchester  June  15,  1863,  and  died  in  prison. 

George  D.  Acker,  Second  Lieutenant,  wounded  in  the 

shoulder  at  Winchester  June  15,  1863. 

William  Bartholomew,  Sergeant, wounded  at  Farmsville 
April  6,  1865. 

Adoniram  Alley,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31, 
1865. 

William  Bardett,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March 
31,  1865. 

David  Bardett,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31, 
1865. 

Jefferson  Kooken,  wounded  in  the  head  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

Owen  H.  I^aney,  wounded  at  Cedar  Creek  October 
19,  1864. 

Joseph  Sidell,  wounded  at  Farmsville  April  6,  1865. 

Martin  W.  Michiner,  Corporal,  died  from  a  wound  re 
ceived  in  the  hip  at  Berryville  September  3,  1864. 

George  W.  Adams,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Winchester  June  13,  1863. 

Henry  Ebersole,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Win 
chester  June  15,  1863. 

William  B.  Henry,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Win 
chester  June  15,  1863. 

John  H.  Meyers,  died  from  wounds  received  at  Win 
chester  June  13,  1863. 


VOLIJNTEER  INFANTRY.          1^9 

Thomas  H.  McKee,  died  from  wounds  received  at 
Winchester  June  15,  1863. 

Jacob  Ebright,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  breast  at 
Berry ville,  September  3,  1864. 

John  Wickard,  wounded  in  the  shoulder  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

John  Updyke.  wounded  in  the  arm  at  Winchester 
September  19,  1864. 

COMPANY  K. 

Samuel  D.  Poppleton,  Sergeant,  killed  in  action  at 
Berryville  September  3,  1864. 

Andrew  Donahoe,  killed  in  action  at  Hatcher's  Run 
March  31.  1865. 

William  Frey,  Sergeant,  leg  amputated  from  wound  re 
ceived  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31,  1865. 

John  Grant,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  head  at  Berry 
ville,  September  3,  1864. 

Anton  Rock,  wounded  at  Hatcher's  Run  March  31, 
1865. 

Bruno  Schmidt,  wounded  in  the  thigh  at  Berryville 
September  3,  1864. 

Hiram  Utley,  wounded  in  the  hand  at  Winchester 
June  15,  1863. 

Isaac  Nutter,  arm  amputated  from  wound  received  at 
Winchester,  June  13,  1863. 

Albert  W.  Rhone,  leg  amputated  from  wound  received 
at  Winchester  June  13,  1863. 


tpO  123!)  OftlO  VOLtWTfefcR  iNFANtRV, 

Joseph  Goodsell,  Sergeant,  died  from  wounds  received 
at  Berry ville  September  3,  1864. 

John  Robinson,  leg  amputated  from  wound  received 
at  Berryville  September  3,  1864,  and  afterwards  died 

Jacob  Wolf  Sergeant,  wounded  in  the  leg  at  Fisher's 
Hill,  September  22,  1864. 

Martin  J.  Case,  Corporal,  wounded  in  the  arm  at 
Fisher's  Hill  September  22,  1864. 

FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

Horace  Kellogg,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  wounded  in  foot 
at  Winchester  June  15,  1863. 

W.  B.  Hyatt,  Surgeon,  wounded  in  action  at  Win 
chester  June  15,  1863. 


OHIO  VOtENTEER  WFRNTRY. 


A.  T  T  Ki  K   XIV. 


THE  ESCAPE  OF    OFFICERS    FROM  PRISONS  AND    A    BK1EF  AC 
COUNT    OF  THOSE  WHO    DIED  THERE. 


CONCLUSION. 

In  the  Spring  of  1864  the  most  of  our  officers  who 
were  then  in  prison  where  changed  to  various  prisons 
throughout  the  South,  some  of  them  making  the  entire 
circuit  of  Libby,  Raleigh,  Macon,  Savannah,  Charleston 
and  Columbia. 

Two  officers  escaped  by  means  of  the  "straight  tun 
nel,"  and  Col.  Wilson,  Lieut.  Col.  Hunter,  Capt.  Cham- 
berlin,  and  two  or  three  others  were  exchanged  and  sent 
North,  and,  soon  after,  joined  the  regiment ;  while  the 
greater  portion  of  the  remainder  made  their  escape  from 
some  of  the  above  named  prisons  and  at  different  times; 
All  of  them,  in  fact,  save  Lieut.  M.  H.  Smith,  who  was 
released  by  Gen.  Sherman,  on  his  celebrated  march  to 
the  Sea,  and  Captains  Riggs  and  Bender,  who  died  there 


t()t  tSjD  OHIO  VOLUNTEER 

from  cruel  treatment.  And,  in-as-much  as  the  escapes 
were  all  very  similar,  it  will  be  necessary  only  to  re 
count  a  few  of  them. 

Captain  Randolph  escaped  from  Columbia,  South 
Carolina,  during  the  Summer  of  '64;  by  floating  down 
the  Santee  river  on  a  flat-boat,  with  several  others,  and, 
after  a  voyage  of  nearly  one  month,  reached  our  fleet — 
blockading  its  mouth.  On  the  trip  they  passed  under 
several  railroad  bridges  guarded  by  soldiers,  the  sentinels 
being  in  plain  sight.  Their  plan  was  to  float  down  the 
river  at  night,  using  long  "sweeps"  to  force  the  boat 
through  the  water.  As  soon  as  daylight  came,  they 
would  lay  by  for  the  day,  secreting  their  boat,  as  best 
they  could,  among  willows,  or  brush  of  some  descrip 
tion.  As  a  matter  of  course,  they  foraged  for  their  ra 
tions,  or  had  colored  men  to  do  it  for  them.  Sweet  po 
tatoes  were  in  abundance  ;  and,  with  young  chickens,  or 
a  pig  from  a  neighboring  farmyard,  a  very  fair  meal 
could  be  gotten  up. 

On  the  3d  of  November  Lieutenants  Colver  and 
Boyce,  observing  that  the  guards  were  very  slack  in 
watching  the  prisoners  who  were  permitted  to  go  to  a 
wood  near  by  for  fuel,  thought  that  the  time  had  come 
to  attempt  their  escape  ;  so  they,  in  company  with  an 
other  officer,  resolved  to  try  it.  Getting  all  ready,  they 
walked  out — as  though  they  had  given  their  parole — and 
kept  right  on  to  the  woods,  and,  as  soon  as  they  were 
under  cover,  secreted  themselves  until  after  dark,  when, 


323D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  193 

taking  the  North  Star  as  their  guide,  they  struck  out  for 
East  Tennssee — distant  about  four  hundred  miles.  Af 
ter  having  traveled  six  days,  they  suddenly  came  upon 
some  Rebel  cavalry ;  and,  while  the  other  two  were  par- 
!ying  with  them,  Lieut.  Colver  made  off  through  the 
woods  and  escaped.  He  then  had  three  hundred  miles 
to  travel  alone,  but,  by  the  never-failing  aid  of  the  ne 
gro,  he,  after  traveling  thirty  days — or  rather  nights — 
reached  our  lines  at  Charleston,  East  Tennessee,  and 
was  soon  at  home  in  Ohio. 

November  26th,  '64,  Capt.  Rosenbaum  and  Lieut.  T. 
W.  Boyce  made  their  escape  from  Columbia  in  the  same 
manner  that  Lieut.  Boyce  did  the  time  he  started  out 
with  Lieut.  Colver,  and  their  journeyings  were  of  a  simi 
lar  character.  Lieut.  Boyce,  who  had  been  over  the 
ground  part  of  the  way  once  before,  knew  about  the 
direction  to  take.  They  made  East  Tennessee  their  objec 
tive  point.  It  was  in  the  dead  of  winter,  and  the  ground  was 
covered  with  sleet  and  snow  for  the  most  of  the  way,  mak 
ing  very  bad  walking,  besides  not  contributing  greatly  to  the 
comfort  of  sleeping  out  of  doors.  However,  after  many 
narrow  escapes  and  almost  superhuman  exertions,  they 
arrived  in  our  lines  in  safety — though  pretty  nearly  worn 
out — on  the  2  6th  of  December,  having  been  just  one 
month  on  the  trip. 

Capt.  William  H.  Bender,  of  Company  i  was  wounded 
at  Winchester,  June  i$th,  '63,  and  taken  to  Richmond, 
remaining  there  until  May  7th,  '64.  From  there  he  was 


194  I23D    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

taken  to  Macon,  Georgia,  thence  to  Savannah,  where  he 
was  taken  down  with  fever.  He  recovered,  somewhat, 
and  was  then  taken  to  Charleston  and  placed  under 
''fire'1  in  the  city  jail  yard.  On  September  4th  he  was 
sent  to  Columbia,  where  he  was  taken  down  with  -'yel 
low  fever."  Receiving  no  medical  aid  for  twenty-four 
hours  after  being  taken  sick,  he  died  on  the  morning  of 
the  8th,  a  victim  of  Southern  cruelty  and  neglect.  He 
was  a  good  soldier,  a  gallant  officer,  and  a  gentleman 
always. 

Capt.  Charles  H.  Riggs  was  born  at  Tiffin,  Ohio,  in 
1835.  He  was,  therefore,  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment, 
twenty-seven  years  of  age.  He  was  agent  of  the  Cleve 
land  and  Toledo  railroad  at  Sandusky,  a  position  which 
he  filled  well  and  ably,  being  well  liked  by  the  entire 
community  and  highly  esteemed  by  the  men  of  the  road. 
Thus,,  young,  loved  and  prosperous,  he  left  with  his  com 
mand  for  the  seat  of  war,  alas!  never  to  return.  Always 
deporting  himself  as  a  true  soldier  and  Christian  gentle 
man,  he  possessed  the  esteem  of  his  men  and  the  confi 
dence  of  his  superior  officers.  Cool  and  brave  in  the 
hour  of  danger,  he  had  none  of  the  bravado  spirit,  that 
courts  battle  in  the  quiet  camp,  or  anticipates  brave 
deeds  to  be  accomplished.  He  was  taken  prisoner  with 
his  command  at  Winchester,  June  i5th,  i86j. 
Not  of  a  sanguine  temperament,  he  seemed  to  think 
from  the  very  iirst  that  he  never  again  would  behold  the 
free  North  or  the  faces  of  dear  ones -a-t  home—wiuoh  un- 


I23D  OHIO  VOLUNTEER'  INFANTRY.          195 

kappy  sentiment  of  course  little  fitted  him  to  bear  up 
under  the  hardships,  privations  and  diseases  incident  to  a 
prisoner  of  war.  Early  attacked  with  a  chronic  com 
plaint — from  which  he  never  seemed  to  rally — after  long 
months  of  suffering,  he  breathed  his  brave,  young  life 
away  on  the  i5th  day  of  September,  1864,  in  the  hos 
pital  at  Charleston,  amid  the  thunderings  of  cannon 
Jiurling  missils  of  destruction  upon  the  doomed  city, 
where  first  the  flag  of  treason  was  flung  insultingly  to  the 
breeze.  Many  a  heart  was  made  sad  in  the  regiment  at 
the  news  of  his  death ;  it  seemed  as  though  a  brother 
had  been  taken  from  us.  Groups  of  men  upon  the 
company  street  could  be  seen  moving  listlessly  along, 
talking  over  the  sad  intelligence.  What  then  must  have 
been  the  sorrow  of  his  family  at  home  ?  Poor,  stricken 
anes,  our  hearts  bled  for  you  then  as  we  sympathize  with 
you  now.  A  dutiful  son,  a  loving  brother,  a  brave  sol 
dier,  and  a  true  friend — well  may  be  said  of  him  : 

-"Green  be  the  turf  above  thee,  friend  of  my  better  days, 
None  knew  thee  but  to  love  thee,  nor  named  thee  but  to  praise-" 

Many  more  events  and  episodes  of  deepest  interest  to 
•us  might  be  narrated,  did  space  permit.  Of  the  tire 
some  marches,  the  sleepless  nights,  and  the  lonely  picket 
posts,  in  the  dead  of  winter,  no  pen  can  fittingly  the 
story  relate.  No !  Only  in  your  meetings  can  you 
-even  faintly  outline  the  unwritten  history  of  your  soldier 


196  I23D  o:f?1o  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

lives.     The  sufferings,  the  danger,  and  the   privations  so- 
patiently  born,  you  yourselves  can  only  know. 

By  these  memories  so  holy,  by  our  brave  ones  gone, 
by  the  defeats  sustained,  and  victories  gloriously  won, 
let  us  hope  that  the  Union,  which  it  was  our  .fortunes  to 
help  sustain  and  preserve,  may  remain  unbroken  forever. 


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